Proverbs 28:16

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.

Bible in Basic English ☆

The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: but he that hates injustice shall live a long time.

Darby Translation ☆

The prince void of intelligence is also a great oppressor: he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

A prince destitute of vnderstanding, is also a great oppressour: but hee that hateth couetousnes, shall prolong his dayes.

Noyes Bible ☆

The prince who is weak in understanding is great in oppression; But he who hateth unjust gain shall prolong his days.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

The prince that is void of understanding is also a great oppressor; [but] he that hateth unjust gain will prolong his days.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

King James Version ☆

The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: but he that hates injustice shall live a long time.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: but he that hates injustice shall live a long time.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.

Webster Bible ☆

The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Revised Version ☆

The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: But he that hates injustice shall live a long time.

World English Bible ☆

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgement. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgement. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

World English Bible Classic ☆

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

World English Bible Updated ☆

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

World Messianic Bible ☆

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgement. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.

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

The nagid (ruler) lacking tevunot (understanding) is also a great oppressor, but he that hateth betza (ill-gotten gain) shall prolong his yamim (days).

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

رَئِيسٌ نَاقِصُ ٱلْفَهْمِ وَكَثِيرُ ٱلْمَظَالِمِ. مُبْغِضُ ٱلرَّشْوَةِ تَطُولُ أَيَّامُهُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဥာဏ်မရှိသောမင်းသည် ပြင်းစွာညှဉ်းဆဲတတ် ၏။ လောဘကို မုန်းသောမင်းမူကား၊ အသက်တာရှည်လိမ့် မည်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဉာဏ် မ ရှိသောမင်း သည် ပြင်း စွာညှဉ်းဆဲ တတ် ၏။ လောဘ ကို မုန်း သောမင်းမူကား၊ အသက်တာ ရှည် လိမ့်မည်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Panoekthaihaih tawn ai ukkung loe pacaekthlaek kami ah oh; toe uthaih hnuma kami loe hinglung sawk tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

A lungcuei aka talh rhaengsang tah tlungalnah yet. Mueluemnah aka hmuhuet la aka hmuhuet tah a hinglung vang ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

A lungcuei aka talh rhaengsang tah tlungalnah yet. Mueluemnah aka hmuhuet la aka hmuhuet tah a hinglung vang ni.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

无知的君多行暴虐； 以贪财为可恨的，必年长日久。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

無知的君多行暴虐； 以貪財為可恨的，必年長日久。

World Chinese Bible ☆

暴虐的统治者缺乏判断力； 恨恶不义之财的人，日子必长久。

Croatian Bible ☆

Nerazuman knez čini mnoga nasilja, a koji mrzi lakomost, dugo živi.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Kníže bez rozumu bývá veliký dráč, ale kdož v nenávisti má mrzký zisk, prodlí dnů.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Uforstandig Fyrste øver megen Vold, langt Liv får den, der hader Rov.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Een vorst, die van alle verstand gebrek heeft, is ook veelvoudig in verdrukkingen; maar die de gierigheid haat, zal de dagen verlengen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Een kortzichtig vorst maakt zich aan veel afpersing schuldig; Haat hij oneerlijke winst, dan leeft hij lang.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Se reganto estas neprudenta, tiam fariĝas multe da maljustaĵoj; Sed kiu malamas maljustan profiton, tiu longe vivos.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Le prince privé d’intelligence opprime beaucoup, [mais] celui qui hait le gain déshonnête prolongera [ses] jours.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le prince qui manque d'intelligence fait beaucoup d'exactions; mais celui qui hait le gain déshonnête, prolongera ses jours.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Un prince sans intelligence multiplie les actes d’oppression, Mais celui qui est ennemi de la cupidité prolonge ses jours.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Un dirigeant tyrannique manque de discernement, mais celui qui déteste les gains malhonnêtes prolongera ses jours.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Du Fürst, ohne Verstand und reich an Erpressungen! Wer unrechtmäßigen Gewinn haßt, wird seine Tage verlängern.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wenn ein Fürst ohne Verstand ist, so geschieht viel Unrecht; wer aber den Geiz haßt, der wird lange leben.

German Textbibel ☆

Ein Fürst, der an Einkünften arm, ist reich an Erpressung; wer ungerechten Gewinn haßt, wird lange leben.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Ein unverständiger Fürst erlaubt sich viele Erpressungen; wer aber ungerechten Gewinn haßt, wird lange regieren.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

βασιλεὺς ἐνδεὴς προσόδων μέγας συκοφάντης, ὁ δὲ μισῶν ἀδικίαν μακρὸν χρόνον ζήσεται.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Βασιλεὺς ἐνδεὴς προσόδων μέγας συκοφάντης, ὁ δὲ μισῶν ἀδικίαν μακρὸν χρόνον ζήσεται.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lè yon chèf pa gen konprann, l'ap peze moun, l'ap fè mechanste. Men, moun ki pa vle wè moun k'ap vòlò ap gouvènen lontan.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O ke alii naauao ole, nui kona hookaumaha ana; O ka mea hoowahawaha i ka makee waiwai, e loihi no kona mau la.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

נָגִ֗יד חֲסַ֣ר תְּ֭בוּנֹות וְרַ֥ב מַעֲשַׁקֹּ֑ות *שֹׂנְאֵי (שֹׂ֥נֵא) בֶ֝֗צַע יַאֲרִ֥יךְ יָמִֽים׃ פ

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

נגיד חסר תבונות ורב מעשקות שנאי בצע יאריך ימים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Un rettore privo di ogni prudenza fa anche molte storsioni; Ma quel che odia l'avarizia prolungherà i suoi giorni.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il principe senza prudenza fa molte estorsioni, ma chi odia il lucro disonesto prolunga i suoi giorni.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

圧政を行う支配者には悟りがない。 不正な利益を憎む者は長く生きる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

무지한 치리자는 포학을 크게 행하거니와 탐욕을 미워하는 자는 장수하리라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Sie leum su wangin etauk yoro fah arulana akupaye kemkatu lun mwet lal. A el su srunga eis ma laesla ke inkanek kutasrik ac fah leum paht.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Dux indigens prudentia multos opprimet per calumniam; qui autem odit avaritiam, longi fient dies ejus.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

حاکم ناقص العقل بسیار ظلم می‌کند، اماهر‌که از رشوه نفرت کند عمر خود را درازخواهد ساخت.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O governante tirânico é falto de juízo. Aquele que odeia o ganho desonesto terá longos dias.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O príncipe que tem falta de entendimento aumenta as opressões; mas aquele que odeia o lucro desonesto prolongará seus dias.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Prințul care duce lipsă de înțelegere este și un mare opresor, dar cel ce urăște lăcomia își va lungi zilele.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ун воевод фэрэ причепере ышь ынмулцеште фаптеле де асуприре, дар чел че урэште лэкомия ышь лунӂеште зилеле.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Неразумный правитель много делает притеснений, а ненавидящий корысть продолжит дни.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Knez bez razuma čini mnogo nepravde, a koji mrzi na lakomstvo, živeće dugo.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кнез без разума чини много неправде, а који мрзи на лакомство, живеће дуго.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omuluzi akabula bwâge bwenge ly’anyagana, oshomba eby’obuhagwe ye rihya ensiku.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El príncipe falto de entendimiento multiplicará los agravios: mas el que aborrece la avaricia, prolongará sus días.

Spanish BLL ☆

El gobernante que abusa del pueblo no tiene juicio, pero el que odia las ganancias injustas vivirá mucho tiempo.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El príncipe falto de entendimiento multiplicará la extorsión; mas el que aborrece la avaricia prolongará sus días.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El príncipe que no tiene sentido es un gobernante cruel; pero el que no desea obtener ganancias por sí mismo tendrá una vida larga.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El gobernante falto de entendimiento aumenta la extorsión, Pero el que aborrece la avaricia alargará sus días.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko e tuʻi foki ʻoku masiva ʻi he fakakaukau, ʻoku lahi ʻene fakamālohi: ka ko ia ʻoku fehiʻa ki he manumanu, ʻoku fakatolonga ʻe ia hono ngaahi ʻaho.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Нерозумний володїтель тїснить людей многих, хто ж користї не любить, — життє продовжає.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Нерозумний володїтель тїснить людей многих, хто ж користї не любить, — життє продовжає.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Quan trưởng thiếu trí hiểu cũng hà hiếp người ta nhiều; Nhưng người ghét sự hà tiện sẽ được trường thọ.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

נָגִ֗יד חֲסַ֣ר תְּ֭בוּנוֹת וְרַ֥ב מַעֲשַׁקּ֑וֹת שנאי בֶ֝֗צַע יַאֲרִ֥יךְ יָמִֽים׃ פ