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Proverbios 29:19
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- InternationalParallel Translations
El siervo no se corregirá con palabras: Porque entiende, mas no corresponde.
El siervo no se corregirá con palabras; porque aunque entienda, no responderá.
El siervo no se castigará con palabras; porque entiende, mas no hace caso.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
servant: Proverbs 26:3, Proverbs 30:22
though: Job 19:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:6 - as it pleaseth thee Exodus 21:20 - smite Proverbs 17:10 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A servant will not be corrected by words,.... Not by them only, especially one that is of a servile, surly, and untractable disposition; otherwise a good servant, and well disposed to his master, and willing to serve him, and promote his interest, a word is sufficient for such an one; when he is bid to go, he goes; or to come, he comes, Matthew 8:9; or if he has done wrong, and his fault is told him, he will amend another time; whereas a rough ill natured servant will not regard words, but must have blows to correct him;
for though he understand; what his master says, and what is his will, and knows he has done wrong, and ought to do otherwise, which is an aggravation of sin:
he will not answer; own his fault and promise to do better for the future; through the surliness of his nature, and contempt of his master, whom he does not think worthy of an answer: so the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "he despises to answer"; thus Job was used by his servants, Job 19:16; There is an answering which is forbidden servants, Titus 2:9; but this what becomes them, and is expressive of their respect and reverence to their masters, and their ready, hearty, and cheerful obedience to them; and which especially should be in Christian servants to Christian masters, 1 Timothy 6:1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Servant - i. e., A slave, whose obedience is reluctant. He may “understand†the words, but they produce no good effect. There is still lacking the true “answer†of obedience.
