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.

Asang Khongca Bible

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

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

Hawaiian Bible 1868

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

English Berean Standard Bible

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

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.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Abominabiles regi qui agunt impie, quoniam justitia firmatur solium.

Bible in Basic English

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

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.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

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

Kosraean Bible

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

World Portuguese Bible

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

Romanian BTF Bible

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

Brenton English Septuagint

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

Burmese Common Language Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

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

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.

Italian Diodati Bible

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

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.

Danish Bible 1931

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

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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

Revised West Version

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

French Ostervald Bible

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

Esperanto Bible

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

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

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

German Luther Bible 1912

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

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

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

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.

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.

Croatian Bible

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

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

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

German Textbibel

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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

Hebrew OT (WLC)

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת מְ֭לָכִים עֲשׂ֣וֹת רֶ֑שַׁע כִּ֥י בִ֝צְדָקָ֗ה יִכּ֥וֹן כִּסֵּֽא׃

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.

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.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

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

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.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

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

Russian Synodal Bible

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

Hebrew Masoretic OT

תֹּועֲבַ֣ת מְ֭לָכִים עֲשֹׂ֣ות רֶ֑שַׁע כִּ֥י בִ֝צְדָקָ֗ה יִכֹּ֥ון כִּסֵּֽא׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

תועבת מלכים עשות רשע כי בצדקה יכון כסא׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

مَكْرَهَةُ ٱلْمُلُوكِ فِعْلُ ٱلشَّرِّ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْكُرْسِيَّ يُثَبَّتُ بِٱلْبِرِّ.

Old Persion Version Bible

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

Judson Burmese Bible

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

Korean Bible 1910

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

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。

World Chinese Bible

君王行恶是可憎的， 因为王位靠公义坚立。

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。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

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

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Mashi Bible

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

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

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

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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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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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