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Proverbs 30:22

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Under a slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For a servant when he is king; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Under a servant, when he reigneth, and a base man, when he is surfeited with food;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when be is filled with meat:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For a seruant when he reigneth, & a foole when he is filled with meate,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when hee is filled with meate:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Under a servant when he reigns; and under a fool when he is filled with bread;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
For x8478
(8478) Complement
תַּחַת
tachath
{takh'-ath}
From the same as H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
a servant 5650
{5650} Prime
עֶבֶד
`ebed
{eh'-bed}
From H5647; a servant.
when x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
he reigneth; 4427
{4427} Prime
מָלַךְ
malak
{maw-lak'}
A primitive root; to reign; inceptively to ascend the throne; causatively to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
and a fool 5036
{5036} Prime
נָבָל
nabal
{naw-bawl'}
From H5034; stupid; wicked (especially impious).
when x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
he is filled 7646
{7646} Prime
שָׂבַע
saba`
{saw-bah'}
A primitive root; to sate, that is, fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
with meat; 3899
{3899} Prime
לֶחֶם
lechem
{lekh'-em}
From H3898; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 30:21-23.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 30:18-23.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 30:22

A servant — For such an one is commonly ignorant, and therefore commits many errors; he is poor, and therefore insatiable, he is proud and imperious, and usually injurious and cruel. A fool — A conceited fool. When — When he abounds in wealth.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Proverbs 30:22

For (l) a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food;

(l) These commonly abuse the state to which they are called.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
a servant:

Proverbs 19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Ecclesiastes 10:7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Isaiah 3:4-5 And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them. ... And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

a fool:

1 Samuel 25:3 Now the name of the man [was] Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and [she was] a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man [was] churlish and evil in his doings; and he [was] of the house of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:10-11 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. ... Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give [it] unto men, whom I know not whence they [be]?
1 Samuel 25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, [even] Nabal: for as his name [is], so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
1 Samuel 25:36-38 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. ... And it came to pass about ten days [after], that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
1 Samuel 30:16 And when he had brought him down, behold, [they were] spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

1S 25:3, 10, 25, 36; 30:16. Pv 19:10; 28:3. Ec 10:7. Is 3:4.

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