Verse 10
Proverbs 30:10
Darby Translation
10
Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַל תַּלְשֵׁ֣ן עֶ֭בֶד אֶל אדנ/ו אֲדֹנָ֑י/ו פֶּֽן יְקַלֶּלְ/ךָ֥ וְ/אָשָֽׁמְתָּ
English Translation
Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you and you be found guilty.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 30 Context
1
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, [even] unto Ithiel...
Focus ↗
2
Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
Focus ↗
3
I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.
Focus ↗
4
Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who h...
Focus ↗
5
Every word of God (Elohim) is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Focus ↗
6
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Focus ↗
7
Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
Focus ↗
8
Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my...
Focus ↗
9
lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage th...
Focus ↗
10
Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
11
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
Focus ↗
12
there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
Focus ↗
13
there is a generation, how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
Focus ↗
14
a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off th...
Focus ↗
15
The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three [things] never satisfied; four which say n...
Focus ↗
16
Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not,...
Focus ↗
17
The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pic...
Focus ↗
18
There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:
Focus ↗
19
The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst...
Focus ↗
20
Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no...
Focus ↗
21
Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
Focus ↗
22
Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
Focus ↗
23
under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
Focus ↗
24
There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
Focus ↗
25
The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
Focus ↗
26
the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
Focus ↗
27
the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
Focus ↗
28
thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
Focus ↗
29
There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
Focus ↗
30
The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
Focus ↗
31
a [horse] girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
Focus ↗
32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] the hand upon...
Focus ↗
33
For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; a...
Focus ↗