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 a vessel shall come forth for the finer. 5 Take away the wicked before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.
6 Do not praise thyself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

Cross References

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is to be established with righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8

A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 29:14

The king that judges the poor with truth, his throne shall be established for ever.

1 Kings 2:33

Their blood shall, therefore, return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever; but upon David and upon his seed and upon his house and upon his throne shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.

1 Kings 2:46

Then the king commanded Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who went out and fell upon him that he died. And the kingdom was confirmed in the hand of Solomon.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.

Esther 8:11-17

that the king granted power to the Jews who were in all the cities to gather themselves together and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish any army of the people or province that would assault them, and even their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

Psalm 101:7-8

He that works deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that tells lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Proverbs 20:28

Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by mercy.

Isaiah 9:7

The multitude of his dominion and the peace shall have no end upon the throne of David and upon his Kingdom, ordering it and confirming it in judgment and in righteousness from now on even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of the hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 16:5

And in mercy shall the throne be established; and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment and hastening righteousness.

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