Proverbs 16:12

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

An evil-doer is an abomination to a king; for the throne of rule is established by righteousness.

Darby Translation ☆

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne is established by justice.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is stablished by iustice.

Noyes Bible ☆

The doing of wickedness is an abomination to kings; For by righteousness is the throne established.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

It should be an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for through righteousness [alone] can a throne be established.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness.

King James Version ☆

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: For the throne is established by righteousness.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

An evil-doer is an abomination to a king; for the throne of rule is established by righteousness.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

An evil-doer is an abomination to a king; for the throne of rule is established by righteousness.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.

Webster Bible ☆

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

Revised Version ☆

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

An evildoer is an abomination to a king; For the throne of rule is established by righteousness.

World English Bible ☆

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

World English Bible Classic ☆

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

World English Bible Updated ☆

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

World Messianic Bible ☆

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

An abomination to kings [is] doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

It is to'evat melachim to commit resha (wickedness), for the kisse is established through tzedakah.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

مَكْرَهَةُ ٱلْمُلُوكِ فِعْلُ ٱلشَّرِّ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْكُرْسِيَّ يُثَبَّتُ بِٱلْبِرِّ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ရှင်ဘုရင်ပြုသော ဒုစရိုက်သည် စက်ဆုပ်ရွံရှာ ဘွယ် ဖြစ်၏။ အကြောင်းမူကား၊ ရာဇပလ္လင်သည် ဖြောင့် မတ်ခြင်းအားဖြင့်သာ တည်တတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ရှင်ဘုရင် ပြု သောဒုစရိုက် သည် စက်ဆုပ် ရွံရှာဘွယ်ဖြစ်၏။ အကြောင်း မူကား၊ ရာဇပလ္လင် သည် ဖြောင့်မတ် ခြင်းအားဖြင့် သာ တည် တတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Angraeng tangkhang loe toenghaih hoiah sak pongah, kahoih ai hmuen sakhaih loe siangpahrangnawk hanah panuet thoh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Duengnah loh ngolkhoel a cikngae sak dongah, manghai rhoek loh halangnah a saii ham tah tueilaehkoi la om.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Duengnah loh ngolkhoel a cikngae sak dongah, manghai rhoek loh halangnah a saii ham tah tueilaehkoi la om.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

作恶，为王所憎恶， 因国位是靠公义坚立。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

作惡，為王所憎惡， 因國位是靠公義堅立。

World Chinese Bible ☆

君王行恶是可憎的， 因为王位靠公义坚立。

Croatian Bible ☆

Mrsko je kraljevima počiniti opačinu, jer se pravdom utvrđuje prijestolje.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Ohavností jest králům činiti bezbožně; nebo spravedlností upevňován bývá trůn.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Gudløs Færd er Konger en Gru, thi ved Retfærd grundfæstes Tronen.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Het is der koningen gruwel goddeloosheid te doen; want door gerechtigheid wordt de troon bevestigd.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Koningen moeten een afschuw van misdaden hebben; Alleen door rechtvaardigheid staat een troon sterk.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Abomenaĵo por reĝoj estas fari maljustaĵon; Ĉar per justeco staras fortike la trono.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

C’est une abomination pour les rois de faire l’iniquité ; car, par la justice, le trône est rendu ferme.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Les rois doivent avoir horreur de faire le mal, car c'est la justice qui affermit le trône.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Les rois ont horreur de faire le mal, Car c’est par la justice que le trône s’affermit.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

C'est une abomination pour les rois de faire le mal, car le trône s'affermit par la justice.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Der Könige Greuel ist, Gesetzlosigkeit zu tun; denn durch Gerechtigkeit steht ein Thron fest.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Den Königen ist Unrecht tun ein Greuel; denn durch Gerechtigkeit wird der Thron befestigt.

German Textbibel ☆

Ein Greuel ist den Königen gottloses Thun; denn durch Gerechtigkeit wird der Thron befestigt.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Freveltaten sind den Königen ein Greuel; denn durch Gerechtigkeit wird ein Thron befestigt.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

βλέλυγμα βασιλεῖ ὁ ποιῶν κακά, μετὰ γὰρ δικαιοσύνης ἑτοιμάζεται θρόνος ἀρχῆς.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Βδέλυγμα βασιλεῖ ὁ ποιῶν κακὰ, μετὰ γὰρ δικαιοσύνης ἑτοιμάζεται θρόνος ἀρχῆς.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Wa yo pa ka sipòte lè moun ap fè mechanste, paske tout fòs yon gouvènman se lè li defann dwa tout moun.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

He mea hoopailua no na alii ke hana hewa; No ka mea, ma ka pono i paa'i ka nohoalii.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

תֹּועֲבַ֣ת מְ֭לָכִים עֲשֹׂ֣ות רֶ֑שַׁע כִּ֥י בִ֝צְדָקָ֗ה יִכֹּ֥ון כִּסֵּֽא׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

תועבת מלכים עשות רשע כי בצדקה יכון כסא׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Operare empiamente è abbominevole ai re; Perciocchè il trono sarà stabilito per giustizia .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

I re hanno orrore di fare il male, perché il trono è reso stabile con la giustizia.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

悪を行うことは王にとって忌むべきことである。 王座は義によって堅く立つ。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

악을 행하는 것은 왕의 미워할 바니 이는 그 보좌가 공의로 말미암아 굳게 섬이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Tokosra elos tia ku in lela ma koluk in orek, mweyen nununku suwohs pa oru sie mutunfacl in ku.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Abominabiles regi qui agunt impie, quoniam justitia firmatur solium.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

عمل بد نزد پادشاهان مکروه است، زیرا که کرسی ایشان از عدالت برقرار می‌ماند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

É abominação para os reis praticar a maldade, pois o trono se estabelece pela justiça.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Os reis abominam fazer perversidade, porque com justiça é que se confirma o trono.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Pentru împărați este urâciune să comită stricăciune, pentru că tronul este întemeiat prin dreptate.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ымпэрацилор ле есте скырбэ сэ факэ рэу, кэч прин неприхэнире се ынтэреште ун скаун де домние.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Мерзость для царей - дело беззаконное, потому что правдою утверждается престол.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Gadno je carevima činiti nepravdu, jer se pravdom utvrđuje presto.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Гадно је царевима чинити неправду, јер се правдом утврђује престо.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ecishologosa abâmi: kukola amaligo, bulyâla obushinganyanya go makondo g’entebe.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Abominación es á los reyes hacer impiedad: porque con justicia será afirmado el trono.

Spanish BLL ☆

Los reyes odian las malas acciones, porque el trono se mantiene firme gracias a la justicia.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Abominación es a los reyes hacer impiedad, porque con justicia se afirma el trono.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Hacer el mal es repugnante para los reyes: porque el asiento del gobernante se basa en la justicia.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Repugnancia es que los reyes cometan perversidad, Porque el trono se afianza con la justicia.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko e meʻa fakalielia ʻae fai angahala ʻae ngaahi tuʻi: he ʻoku fokotuʻumaʻu ʻae nofoʻa ʻoe tuʻi ʻi he māʻoniʻoni.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Ненавидне царям людей безбожних дїло: бо правдою стоїть престол твердо.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Ненавидне царям людей безбожних дїло: бо правдою стоїть престол твердо.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Làm gian ác, ấy là điều gớm ghiếc cho vua chúa; Vì nhờ công bình ngôi nước được lập vững bền.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת מְ֭לָכִים עֲשׂ֣וֹת רֶ֑שַׁע כִּ֥י בִ֝צְדָקָ֗ה יִכּ֥וֹן כִּסֵּֽא׃