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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

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

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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

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.

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

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.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

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.

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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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلْمَلِكُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ يُثَبِّتُ ٱلْأَرْضَ، وَٱلْقَابِلُ ٱلْهَدَايَا يُدَمِّرُهَا.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

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

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

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

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 2019 ☆

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

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

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。

World Chinese Bible ☆

王凭公正使国稳固； 收受贿赂的，却使国倾覆。

Croatian Bible ☆

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

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

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

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

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

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.

Esperanto Bible ☆

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

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

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

French Ostervald Bible ☆

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

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

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

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

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

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

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

German Textbibel ☆

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

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

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

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

βασιλεὺς δίκαιος ἀνίστησι χώραν, ἀνὴρ δὲ παράνομος κατασκάπτει.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Βασιλεὺς δίκαιος ἀνίστησι χώραν, ἀνὴρ δὲ παράνομος κατασκάπτει.

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.

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.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

מֶ֗לֶךְ בְּ֭מִשְׁפָּט יַעֲמִ֣יד אָ֑רֶץ וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּרוּמֹ֣ות יֶֽהֶרְסֶֽנָּה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

מלך במשפט יעמיד ארץ ואיש תרומות יהרסנה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

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

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

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

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。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

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

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.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Rex justus erigit terram; vir avarus destruet eam.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

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

World Portuguese Bible ☆

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

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

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

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

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

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Царь правосудием утверждает землю, а любящий подарки разоряет ее.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

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

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Mashi Bible ☆

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

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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.

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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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.

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

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

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

מֶ֗לֶךְ בְּ֭מִשְׁפָּט יַעֲמִ֣יד אָ֑רֶץ וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּרוּמ֣וֹת יֶֽהֶרְסֶֽנָּה׃