Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
New American Standard Bible
His mouth should not
King James Version
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
Holman Bible
his mouth should not give an unfair judgment.
International Standard Version
When a king is ready to speak officially, what he says should not err with respect to justice.
American Standard Version
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
Amplified
A divine decision [given by God] is on the lips of the king [as His representative];
His mouth should not be unfaithful or unjust in judgment.
Bible in Basic English
Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.
Darby Translation
An oracle is on the lips of the king: his mouth will not err in judgment.
Julia Smith Translation
Divining upon the lips of the king: his mouth will not transgress in judgment
King James 2000
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresses not in judgment.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A decision is upon the lips of a king; in judgment his mouth will not sin.
Modern King James verseion
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When the prophecy is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not go wrong in judgment.
NET Bible
The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.
New Heart English Bible
Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
An oracle, is on the lips of a king, in giving sentence, his mouth must not be unfaithful.
Webster
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
World English Bible
Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
An oath is on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 16:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
9 A man's heart devises his way, but LORD directs his steps. 10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not transgress in judgment. 11 A just balance and scales are LORD's. All the weights of the bag are his work.
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Cross References
Genesis 44:5
Is not this that in which my lord drinks, and how he indeed divines? Ye have done evil in so doing.
Genesis 44:15
And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that ye have done? Know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?
Deuteronomy 17:18-20
And it shall be, when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for him a copy of this law in a book, out of [it] before the priests the Levites,
2 Samuel 23:3-4
The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me. He who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
1 Kings 3:28
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged. And they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
Psalm 45:6-7
Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of straightness is the scepter of thy kingdom.
Psalm 72:1-4
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness to the king's son.
Psalm 99:4
The king's strength also loves justice. Thou establish equity. Thou execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Proverbs 16:12-13
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.
Isaiah 32:1-2
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and rulers shall rule in justice.
Jeremiah 23:5-6
Behold, the days come, says LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Hosea 10:4
They speak [vain] words, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Amos 5:7
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Amos 6:12
Shall horses run upon the rock? Will [a man] plow [there] with oxen? That ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,