Parallel PRO 29:19

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BSB  ⇔ A servant cannot be corrected by words alone;
⇔ though he understands, he will not respond.

OEB Not by words can a servant be trained;
⇔ for he knows, but he will not obey.

WEB A servant can’t be corrected by words.
⇔ Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

NET A servant cannot be corrected by words,
 ⇔ for although he understands, there is no answer.

LSV By words a servant is not instructed though he understand,
And there is nothing answering.

FBV A servant can't be disciplined by words alone; though they understand, they don't follow what they're told.

T4T  ⇔ It is not possible to correct/discipline servants only by talking to them;
⇔ they understand what you are saying, but they do not pay attention to it.

LEB  •  for he will understand, but there is no giving heed.

BBE A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.

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JPS A servant will not be corrected by words; for though he understand, there will be no response.

ASV A servant will not be corrected by words;
 ⇔ For though he understand, he will not give heed.

DRA A slave will not be corrected by words: because he understandeth what thou sayest, and will not answer.

YLT By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, And there is nothing answering.

DBY A servant is not corrected by words: he understandeth indeed, but he will not answer.

RV A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not give heed.

WBS A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understandeth, he will not answer.

KJB A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

BB A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes: for though he vnderstande, yet will he not regarde them.
  (A stubbourne servant will not be the better for words: for though he understand, yet will he not regarde them.)

GNV A seruant will not be chastised with words: though he vnderstand, yet he will not answere.
  (A servant will not be chastised with words: though he understand, yet he will not answere. )

CB A seruaut wil not be the better for wordes, for though he vnderstonde, yet wil he not regarde them.
  (A servant will not be the better for words, for though he understood, yet will he not regarde them.)

WYC A seruaunt mai not be tauyt bi wordis; for he vndirstondith that that thou seist, and dispisith for to answere.
  (A servant mai not be tauyt by words; for he undirstondith that that thou/you sayest, and dispisith for to answere.)

LUT Ein Knecht läßt sich mit Worten nicht züchtigen; denn ob er‘s gleich verstehet, nimmt er sich‘s doch nicht an.
  (Ein Knecht läßt itself/yourself/themselves with words not züchtigen; because ob er‘s gleich verstehet, nimmt he sich‘s though/but not an.)

CLV Servus verbis non potest erudiri, quia quod dicis intelligit, et respondere contemnit.
  (Servus verbis not/no potest erudiri, because that dicis intelligit, and respondere contemnit. )

BRN A stubborn servant will not be reproved by words: for even if he understand, still he will not obey.

BrLXX Λόγοις οὐ παιδευθήσεται οἰκέτης σκληρός· ἐὰν γὰρ καὶ νοήσῃ, ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὑπακούσεται.
  (Logois ou paideuthaʸsetai oiketaʸs sklaʸros; ean gar kai noaʸsaʸ, allʼ ouⱪ hupakousetai. )