Proverbs 29:20 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

English ASV

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

English Amplified

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Do you see someone who speaks too soon? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

English EASY 2024

Do you know anyone who speaks before he thinks? A foolish person is more likely to become wise than that person.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

There is more hope for a stupid fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Have you met a person who is quick to answer? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Do you see a man who speaks too soon? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

English KJV 1611

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

English LSB

Do you behold a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Do you see a man hasty in his words? More can be hoped for from a fool!

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Have you seen a man who speaks without thinking? There is more hope for foolish people than for him.

English NIV

Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

English NKJ 1982

Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

English NLT

There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Do you see someone who is hasty in speech? There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

There’s only one kind of person who is worse than a fool: the impetuous one who speaks without thinking first.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

There is more hope for a fool than for a man of quick temper.

English Tyndale 1537

If thou seest a man that is hasty to speak unadvised, thou mayest trust a fool more than him.

Proverbs 29:20 — Compare Translations