Proverbs 29:4

American Standard Version (1901)

The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

ASV Byzantine Text

The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

Asang Khongca Bible

Toenghaih hoiah prae uk siangpahrang loe prae to caksak; toe bokhaih tangqum paekhaih koeh kami loe a prae to amtimsak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tiktamnah dongah ni manghai loh khohmuen a pai sak. Tedae kapbaih aka ca hlang loh khohmuen a koengloeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tiktamnah dongah ni manghai loh khohmuen a pai sak. Tedae kapbaih aka ca hlang loh khohmuen a koengloeng.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ma ka hoopono, e hooku paa ai ke alii i ka aina; O ka mea lawe i na makana, oia ke hoohiolo iho.

English Berean Standard Bible

By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Lè yon wa pa nan patipri, peyi a kanpe byen fèm. Men, depi yon chèf nan resevwa lajan sou kote, se fini l'ap fini ak peyi a.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Rex justus erigit terram; vir avarus destruet eam.

Bible in Basic English

A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Un roi, par le juste jugement, affermit le pays, mais l’homme qui accepte des présents le ruine.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Král soudem upevňuje zemi, muž pak, kterýž béře dary, boří ji.

Kosraean Bible

Sie tokosra su suk ma suwohs, mutunfacl sel ac fah arulana ku; a el fin nunku na ke mani, el ac kunausla mutunfacl sel.

World Portuguese Bible

O rei estabelece a terra com a justiça, mas aquele que exige subornos a destrói.

Romanian BTF Bible

Prin judecată împăratul întemeiază țara, dar cel ce primește daruri o dărâmă.

Brenton English Septuagint

A righteous king establishes a country: but a transgressor destroys it.

Burmese Common Language Bible

တရားသဖြင့် စီရင်သောရှင်ဘုရင်သည် တိုင်း ပြည်ကို တည်စေတတ်၏။ တံစိုးစားသော ရှင်ဘုရင် မူကား၊ တိုင်းပြည်ကို မှောက်လှန်တတ်၏။

Darby Translation

A king by just judgment establisheth the land; but he that taketh gifts overthroweth it.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Ein König gibt durch Recht dem Lande Bestand; aber ein Mann, der Geschenke liebt, bringt es herunter.

Dutch Bible 1917

Een koning houdt het land staande door het recht; maar een, die tot geschenken genegen is, verstoort hetzelve.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Door rechtvaardigheid houdt een koning het land in stand; Wie veel belastingen heft, put het uit.

Italian Diodati Bible

Il re mantiene il paese con dirittura; Ma chi è dato a' presenti lo distrugge.

Douay-Rheims 1899

A just king setteth up the land: a covetous man shall destroy it.

Geneva Bible 1599

A King by iudgement mainteineth ye countrey: but a man receiuing giftes, destroyeth it.

Noyes Bible

A king by equity establisheth a land; But he who receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

Danish Bible 1931

Kongen grundfæster Landet med Ret, en Udsuger lægger det øde.

Leeser Tanakh

A king will through the exercise of justice establish [the welfare of] a land; but one that loveth gifts overthroweth it.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

The king by justice establisheth the land; but he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

King James Version

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

King James Version + Apocrypha

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Vua nhờ sự công bình mà làm nước mình vững bền; Nhưng ai lãnh của hối lộ hủy hoại nó.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

The king by judgment stablisheth the land: But he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

Revised West Version

Ko e meʻa ʻi he fakamaau totonu ʻae tuʻi ʻoku fokotuʻumaʻu ai ʻae fonua: ka ko ia ʻoku ne faʻa maʻu ʻae ngaahi foaki ʻoku ne fakamalaʻia ia.

French Ostervald Bible

Le roi affermit le pays par la justice; mais celui qui aime les présents le ruine.

Esperanto Bible

Reĝo per justeco fortikigas la landon; Sed donacamanto ĝin ruinigas.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Un roi affermit le pays par la justice, Mais celui qui reçoit des présents le ruine.

German Luther Bible 1912

Ein König richtet das Land auf durchs Recht; ein geiziger aber verderbt es.

LXX2012 U. S. English

A righteous king establishes a country: but a transgressor destroys it.

British English Septuagint 2012

A righteous king establishes a country: but a transgressor destroys it.

Majority Standard BIble

By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.

Webster Bible

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

Revised Version

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Il re, con la giustizia, rende stabile il paese; ma chi pensa solo a imporre tasse, lo rovina.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Par la justice, le roi affermit le pays, mais celui qui accepte des pots-de-vin le ruine.

Reina Valera 1909

El rey con el juicio afirma la tierra: mas el hombre de presentes la destruirá.

Spanish BLL

Con la justicia, el rey da estabilidad al país; el que solo exige impuestos excesivos lo destruye.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

El rey con el juicio afirma la tierra; mas el que ama los sobornos la destruye.

Croatian Bible

Kralj pravicom održava državu, a ruši je čovjek koji nameće daće.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Car pravdom podiže zemlju; a ko uzima mito, satire je.

German Textbibel

Ein König giebt durch Recht dem Lande Bestand, wer aber Steuern häuft, richtet es zugrunde.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

A righteous king establishes a country: But a transgressor destroys it.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

מֶ֗לֶךְ בְּ֭מִשְׁפָּט יַעֲמִ֣יד אָ֑רֶץ וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּרוּמ֣וֹת יֶֽהֶרְסֶֽנָּה׃

World English Bible

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

World English Bible (Catholic)

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

World English Bible British Edition

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

World English Bible Classic

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

World English Bible Updated

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

World Messianic Bible

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

Young's Literal Translation

A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down.

SEPTUAGINTA

βασιλεὺς δίκαιος ἀνίστησι χώραν, ἀνὴρ δὲ παράνομος κατασκάπτει.

Brenton Septuagint

Βασιλεὺς δίκαιος ἀνίστησι χώραν, ἀνὴρ δὲ παράνομος κατασκάπτει.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Ун ымпэрат ынтэреште цара прин дрептате, дар чине я митэ о нимичеште.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Правосуд царя скріпляє країну, хто ж бажає подарунків, — пустошить її.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Правосуд царя скріпляє країну, хто ж бажає подарунків, — пустошить її.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Цар правдом подиже земљу; а ко узима мито, сатире је.

Russian Synodal Bible

Царь правосудием утверждает землю, а любящий подарки разоряет ее.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

מֶ֗לֶךְ בְּ֭מִשְׁפָּט יַעֲמִ֣יד אָ֑רֶץ וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּרוּמֹ֣ות יֶֽהֶרְסֶֽנָּה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

מלך במשפט יעמיד ארץ ואיש תרומות יהרסנה׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

اَلْمَلِكُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ يُثَبِّتُ ٱلْأَرْضَ، وَٱلْقَابِلُ ٱلْهَدَايَا يُدَمِّرُهَا.

Old Persion Version Bible

پادشاه ولایت را به انصاف پایدار می‌کند، امامرد رشوه خوار آن را ویران می‌سازد.

Judson Burmese Bible

တရား သဖြင့် စီရင်သောရှင် ဘုရင်သည် တိုင်းပြည် ကို တည် စေတတ်၏။ တံစိုး စားသော ရှင် ဘုရင်မူကား ၊ တိုင်းပြည် ကို မှောက်လှန် တတ်၏။

Korean Bible 1910

왕은 공의로 나라를 견고케 하나 뇌물을 억지로 내게 하는 자는 나라를 멸망시키느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

王は公正によって国を安定させるが、 賄賂を取る者は国を打ち壊す。

World Chinese Bible

王凭公正使国稳固； 收受贿赂的，却使国倾覆。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

王借公平，使国坚定； 索要贿赂，使国倾败。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

王藉公平，使國堅定； 索要賄賂，使國傾敗。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

O rei por meio da justiça firma a terra; mas o amigo de subornos a transtorna.

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Mashi Bible

Bushinganyanya mwâmi ayôlolosamwo ecihugo, ow’obuhagwe yêhe kusherêza acîsherêza.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Durch Recht bringt ein König das Land in guten Stand; ein Erpresser aber richtet es zugrunde.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Un rey, por regla correcta, hace que la tierra sea segura; pero uno lleno de deseos la convierte en un desperdicio.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Un rey justo estabiliza el país, Pero el que lo carga de impuestos lo destruye.

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

Melech by mishpat establisheth eretz, but an ish terumot (a man of bribes) bringeth it down.

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