Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Do not slander a servant to their master, or they will curse you, and you will pay for it. New Living Translation Never slander a worker to the employer, or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it. English Standard Version Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty. Berean Standard Bible Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt. King James Bible Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. New King James Version Do not malign a servant to his master, Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty. New American Standard Bible Do not slander a slave to his master, Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty. NASB 1995 Do not slander a slave to his master, Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty. NASB 1977 Do not slander a slave to his master, Lest he curse you and you be found guilty. Legacy Standard Bible Do not slander a slave to his master, Lest he curse you and you be found guilty. Amplified Bible Do not slander or malign a servant before his master [stay out of another’s personal life], Or he will curse you [for your interference], and you will be found guilty. Christian Standard Bible Don’t slander a servant to his master or he will curse you, and you will become guilty. Holman Christian Standard Bible Don’t slander a servant to his master or he will curse you, and you will become guilty. American Standard Version Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not hand over a Servant to his Master, lest he curse you and you be condemned Brenton Septuagint Translation Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be utterly destroyed. Contemporary English Version Don't tell a slave owner something bad about one of the slaves. That slave will curse you, and you will be in trouble. Douay-Rheims Bible Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou fall. English Revised Version Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Do not slander a slave to his master. The slave will curse you, and you will be found guilty." Good News Translation Never criticize servants to their master. You will be cursed and suffer for it. International Standard Version Don't lie about a servant to his master, or that servant will curse you and you will pay for it. JPS Tanakh 1917 Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. Literal Standard Version Do not accuse a servant to his lord, | Lest he disapprove of you, and you are found guilty. Majority Standard Bible Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt. New American Bible Do not criticize servants to their master, lest they curse you, and you have to pay the penalty. NET Bible Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty. New Revised Standard Version Do not slander a servant to a master, or the servant will curse you, and you will be held guilty. New Heart English Bible "Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty. Webster's Bible Translation Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. World English Bible “Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty. Young's Literal Translation Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Words of Agur…9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God. 10Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt. 11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.… Cross References Genesis 8:21 When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done. Ecclesiastes 7:21 Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you. Treasury of Scripture Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty. accuse not or hurt not with thy tongue Proverbs 24:23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. Deuteronomy 23:15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 1 Samuel 22:9,10 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub… lest Proverbs 11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. Proverbs 24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: Proverbs 28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. Jump to Previous Accuse Curse Disesteem Evil Found Guilty Held Master Pay Servant Slander Slave Speak TroubleJump to Next Accuse Curse Disesteem Evil Found Guilty Held Master Pay Servant Slander Slave Speak TroubleProverbs 30 1. Agur's confession of his faith7. The two points of his prayer 10. The meanest are not to be wronged 11. Four wicked generations 15. Four things insatiable 24. four things exceeding wise 29. Four things stately 32. Wrath is to be prevented (10) Accuse not a servant--i.e., a slave, thus making his already hard life still more intolerable. And thou be found guilty before God of having wronged him, and so have to bear the punishment. Verse 10. - Accuse not a servant unto his master. Calumniate, slander not; μὴ καταλαλήσης, Theodotion; μὴ διαβάλης, Symmachus. Do not secretly bring a charge against a man's slave, and make his master suspicious of him; have a kind feeling for those in lowly condition, and do not render their lot more unbearable by insinuating false or frivolous accusations against them. Ewald and others would render, "Entice not a servant to slander his master;" but there is no need so to take the expression, as the hiph. of the verb is used in post-biblical Hebrew in the sense of "to calumniate." The Septuagint has, "Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master," which seems to refer to the treatment of runaway slaves (Deuteronomy 23:15). Lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty, and have to atone for it. The slandered slave imprecates a curse on his slanderer, and, as the latter has incurred vengeance by his word or action, the curse will not fall harmless (Proverbs 26:2); God's righteous retribution will overtake him, and he shall suffer for it.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do notאַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not slander תַּלְשֵׁ֣ן (tal·šên) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular Strong's 3960: To wag the tongue, to calumniate a servant עֶ֭בֶד (‘e·ḇeḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to his master, אֲדֹנָ֑יו (’ă·ḏō·nāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller or פֶּֽן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest he will curse you, יְקַלֶּלְךָ֥ (yə·qal·lel·ḵā) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling and you will bear the guilt. וְאָשָֽׁמְתָּ׃ (wə·’ā·šā·mə·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 816: To be guilty, to be punished, perish Links Proverbs 30:10 NIVProverbs 30:10 NLT Proverbs 30:10 ESV Proverbs 30:10 NASB Proverbs 30:10 KJV Proverbs 30:10 BibleApps.com Proverbs 30:10 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 30:10 Chinese Bible Proverbs 30:10 French Bible Proverbs 30:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 30:10 Don't slander a servant to his master (Prov. 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