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Proverbs 29:21
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KJ21
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from childhood shall have him become his son in the end.
ASV
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.
AMP
He who pampers his slave from childhood Will find him to be a son in the end.
AMPC
He who pampers his servant from childhood will have him expecting the rights of a son afterward.
BRG
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
CSB
A servant pampered from his youth will become arrogant later on.
CSBA
A servant pampered from his youth will become arrogant later on.
CEB
Pamper servants from a young age, and later on there will be trouble.
CJB
A slave who is pampered from youth will in the end be ungrateful.
CEV
Slaves that you treat kindly from their childhood will cause you sorrow.
DARBY
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.
DRA
He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.
ERV
Give your servants everything they want, and they will learn to be wasteful.
EASY
You may give a servant everything that he wants from his birth. But if you do that, he will be useless in the end.
EHV
If someone pampers his servant from the time he is young, later on he will have grief.
ESV
Whoever pampers his servant from childhood will in the end find him his heir.
ESVUK
Whoever pampers his servant from childhood will in the end find him his heir.
EXB
If you ·spoil [pamper] your servants when they are young, they will bring you ·grief [trouble] later on.
GNV
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from youth, at length he will be even as his son.
GW
Pamper a slave from childhood, and later he will be ungrateful.
GNT
If you give your servants everything they want from childhood on, some day they will take over everything you own.
HCSB
A slave pampered from his youth will become arrogant later on.
ICB
Don’t spoil your servant when he is young. If you do, he will bring you grief later on.
ISV
If you pamper a servant from his childhood, later on he’ll become ungrateful.
JUB
¶ He that gives freely unto his slave from a child shall have him become his son in the end.
KJV
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
AKJV
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
LSB
He who pampers his slave from childhood Will in the end find him to be arrogant.
LEB
He who pampers his servant from childhood, arrogance will be his end.
TLB
Pamper a servant from childhood, and he will expect you to treat him as a son!
MSG
If you let people treat you like a doormat, you’ll be quite forgotten in the end.
MEV
He who delicately brings up his servant from a child will have him as a son in the end.
NOG
Pamper a slave from childhood, and later he will be ungrateful.
NABRE
If servants are pampered from childhood they will turn out to be stubborn.
NASB
One who pampers his slave from childhood Will in the end find him to be rebellious.
NASB1995
He who pampers his slave from childhood Will in the end find him to be a son.
NCB
If you pamper a slave from his childhood, in the end he will prove ungrateful.
NCV
If you spoil your servants when they are young, they will bring you grief later on.
NET
If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.
NIRV
A servant who has been spoiled from youth will have no respect for you later on.
NIV
A servant pampered from youth will turn out to be insolent.
NIVUK
A servant pampered from youth will turn out to be insolent.
NKJV
He who pampers his servant from childhood Will have him as a son in the end.
NLV
He who gives good care to his servant from the time he is young, will in the end find him to be a son.
NLT
A servant pampered from childhood will become a rebel.
NRSVA
A slave pampered from childhood will come to a bad end.
NRSVACE
A slave pampered from childhood will come to a bad end.
NRSVCE
A slave pampered from childhood will come to a bad end.
NRSVUE
A slave pampered from childhood will come to a bad end.
OJB
He that pampers his eved from youth up shall have him as his ben at the acharit (end).
RGT
He who pampers his servant from youth, will have him for a son in the end.
RSV
He who pampers his servant from childhood, will in the end find him his heir.
RSVCE
He who pampers his servant from childhood, will in the end find him his heir.
TLV
If someone pampers his slave from childhood in the end he will be ungrateful.
VOICE
If you indulge your servant from early in life, in the end it won’t go well for either of you.
WEB
He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
WYC
He that nourisheth his servant delicately from childhood, shall find him (a) rebel afterward. (He who delicately careth for his servant from childhood, shall find him to be rebellious later.)
YLT
Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, [At] his latter end also he is continuator.
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