Pro Proverbs, chapter Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 29
The king by judgment establishes the land: but he that receives gifts overthrows it.
Ordspråkene 29:4 i ulike oversettelser
Engelsk
KJV (66 books)
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
KJV (Cambridge)
The king by judgment stablisheth the land: But he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
DRA
A just king setteth up the land: a covetous man shall destroy it.
FBV
A king who rules justly makes the country secure, but one who asks for bribes will destroy it.
GNV
A King by iudgement mainteineth ye countrey: but a man receiuing giftes, destroyeth it.
LSV
A king establishes a land by judgment, || And one receiving gifts throws it down.
NIV (US)
By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who are greedy for bribes tear it down.
OJB
Melech by mishpat establisheth eretz, but an ish terumot (a man of bribes) bringeth it down.
RV
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.
T4T
When a king rules justly/fairly, he causes his nation to be strong, but a king who is concerned only with getting more money from the people ruins his nation.
WEB (US)
The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.