Proverbs 19:29 · King James Version
Proverbs 19:29 in the Original Hebrew
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Proverbs 19:29 in Other Translations
| KJV | Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. |
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| WEB | Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools. |
| ASV | Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools. |
| YLT | Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools! |
| WBT | Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. |
| DBY | Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish. |
Commentary on Proverbs 19:29
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John Gill · Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners,.... Either by the civil magistrate, or by the Lord, and indeed by both; and if they miss the one, they will certainly meet the other; though they mock at present punishment and a future judgment, yet everlasting fire is prepared for them, Mat 25:41;
and stripes for the back of fools; as scorners are; which shall be inflicted on them sooner or later; if they are not stricken with the stripes of men, they shall endure the strokes of divine justice and vengeance hereafter.
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Proverbs 19:29
Their punishment is sure, fixed, and ready (compare Pro 3:34; Pro 10:13).
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Questions about Proverbs 19:29
What does Proverbs 19:29 say?
Proverbs 19:29 in the King James Version reads: “Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.” Read it in the full context of Proverbs 19, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Proverbs 19:29 found in the Bible?
Proverbs 19:29 is in the book of Proverbs, chapter 19, verse 29, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Proverbs 19:29 shown in?
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Note, 1. Scorners are fools. Those that ridicule things sacred and serious do but make themselves ridiculous. Their folly shall be manifest unto all men. 2. Those that scorn judgments cannot escape them, Pro 19:28. The unbelief of man shall not make God's threatenings of no effect; those that devour iniquity swallow the hook with the bait. The civil magistrate has judgments prepared for scorners, for otherwise he would bear the sword in vain; but if he be remiss, and connive at sin, yet God's judgments slumber not; they are prepared, Mat 25:41.