Proverbs 30:22 — Compare All Translations

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

For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

English ASV

For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

English Amplified

Under a servant when he reigns, a [empty-headed] fool when he is filled with food,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Under a servant when he reigns, a [empty-headed] fool when he is filled with food,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

a servant when he becomes king, a fool when he is stuffed with food,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;

English EASY 2024

A slave who becomes a king. A fool who eats too much.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

a slave who becomes a king, fools who have everything they need,

a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

a slave who becomes a king, a fool who has all he wants to eat,

English God's Word - GW 1995

a slave when he becomes king, a godless fool when he is filled with food,

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

a servant when he becomes king, a fool when he is stuffed with food,

English KJV 1611

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

English LSB

Under a slave when he becomes king, And a wicked fool when he is satisfied with food,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

a servant when he reigns, a fool when he is filled with food,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Under a slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food,

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

Under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is glutted with food;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food,

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The first is a servant who becomes a king. The second is a foolish person who is full of food.

English NIV

a servant who becomes king, a fool who is full of food,

English NKJ 1982

For a servant when he reigns, A fool when he is filled with food,

English NLT

a slave who becomes a king, an overbearing fool who prospers,

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when glutted with food;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

when an unfaithful servant becomes a ruler, when a scoundrel comes into great wealth,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

A slave who becomes a king. A rebel who prospers.

English Tyndale 1537

thorow a servant that beareth rule, thorow a fool that hath great riches,

Proverbs 30:22 — Compare Translations