Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Take away the wicked before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.

King James Version

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Holman Bible

Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.

International Standard Version

Purge the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

A Conservative Version

Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

American Standard Version

Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Amplified


Take away the wicked from before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.

Bible in Basic English

Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

Darby Translation

take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Julia Smith Translation

Take ye away the unjust one from before the king, and his throne shall be prepared in justice.

King James 2000

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Remove the wicked before a king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Modern King James verseion

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be founded in righteousness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Take away ungodliness from the king, and his seat shall be established with righteousness.

NET Bible

remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

New Heart English Bible

Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

The Emphasized Bible

Remove a lawless man from before the king, that his throne, may be established in righteousness.

Webster

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

World English Bible

Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Youngs Literal Translation

Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הגה 
Hagah 
Usage: 3

the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

and his throne
כּסּה כּסּא 
Kicce' 
Usage: 135

References

Fausets

Context Readings

More Proverbs Of Solomon

4 Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel; 5 Take away the wicked before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.
6 Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great,

Cross References

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8

A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 29:14

If a king faithfully judges the poor, his throne will be established forever.

1 Kings 2:33

So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But for David and for his descendants and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace from the LORD forevermore."

1 Kings 2:46

Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Esther 7:10

And the king said, "Hang him on that."So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.

Esther 8:11-17

saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, and to plunder their goods,

Psalm 101:7-8

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.

Proverbs 20:28

Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

Isaiah 16:5

then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."

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