Verse Comparison: Proverbs 29:19
American Standard Version
A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.
Amplified® Bible
A servant will not be corrected by words alone; for though he understands, he will not answer [the master who mistreats him].
Darby English Version
A servant is not corrected by words: he understandeth indeed, but he will not answer.
King James Version
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Revised Standard Version
By mere words a servant is not disciplined, for though he understands, he will not give heed.
Young's Literal Translation
By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, And there is nothing answering.