Proverbs 30:22
What a slave does who becomes a king, a foolish person eating too much food,
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
In Context
21There are four things that no one in the world can tolerate:
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:3His name was Nabal; he was a descendant of Caleb. His wife Abigail was a wise and beautiful woman, but Nabal was very cruel and treated people very unkindly [IDM].
1 Samuel 25:25Please do not pay attention to [IDM] what this worthless man Nabal has said. His name means ‘fool’, and he surely is a foolish man. But I, who am willing to be your servant, did not see the messengers whom you sent to him.
1 Samuel 30:16David agreed to do that, so the man from Egypt led David and his men to where the men from the Amalek people-group were. Those men were lying on the ground, eating and drinking and celebrating because of having captured many things from the Philistia and Judah areas.
Proverbs 28:3A poor person who oppresses other poor people is like [MET] a very heavy/hard rain that destroys the crops, with the result that there is no food for people to eat.
Isaiah 3:4He will appoint boys to be your leaders; your children will rule you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:19-24
Four Things Little and Wise. 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: 19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled… Read the whole commentary →