Cosset
To cosset is to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle.
Proverbs 29:21 speaks of cosseting slaves.
He who pampers his slave from childhood
Will in the end find him to be a son. (Proverbs 29:21, NASB)
The Hebrew in this text is very difficult and translators vary greatly in interpreting the result of such cossteing of slaves/servants. Some claim that it will result in an heir (ESV, RSV) or a son (ASV, KJV, NASB, NKJV). Others have a more negative view, claiming the product is arrogance (HCSB), a bad end (NRSV), grief (NCV, NIV), rebellion (NLT), or sorrow (CEV). The Amplified Version incorporates both with a negative slant reading that the slave/servant will be "expecting the rights of a son afterward."
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