The Meaning of Proverbs 29:20 Explained

Proverbs 29:20

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 29:20 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 29

1  observations of public government
15  and of private
22  Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice and corruption

What do the individual words in Proverbs 29:20 mean?

Do you see a man hasty in his words [There is] more hope for a fool than for him
חָזִ֗יתָ אִ֭ישׁ אָ֣ץ ؟ בִּדְבָרָ֑יו תִּקְוָ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל מִמֶּֽנּוּ

חָזִ֗יתָ  Do  you  see 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: חָזָה  
Sense: to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide.
אִ֭ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אָ֣ץ  hasty 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: אוּץ  
Sense: to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow.
؟ בִּדְבָרָ֑יו  in  his  words 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
תִּקְוָ֖ה  [There  is]  more  hope 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תִּקְוָה 
Sense: cord.
לִכְסִ֣יל  for  a  fool 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּסִיל  
Sense: fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one.
מִמֶּֽנּוּ  than  for  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.