Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Remove the wicked before a king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
New American Standard Bible
And his
King James Version
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Holman Bible
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.
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.
Themes
Government » The kings of the earth
Government » Whose throne shall be established
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Proverbs Of Solomon
4 Remove the dross from silver, and it will become a vessel for the smith. 5 Remove the wicked before a king, and his throne will be established in righteousness. 6 Do not promote yourself before the king, and in the place of the great ones do not stand.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:12
An abomination to kings [is] doing evil, for by righteousness the throne will be established.
Proverbs 20:8
A king who sits on [the] throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 29:14
A king who judges with truthfulness [to] the poor, his throne will be established forever.
1 Kings 2:33
And their blood will return on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever, but for David and his descendants and for his house and his throne, [there] will be peace forever from Yahweh."
1 Kings 2:46
Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and fell upon him, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
Esther 7:10
And they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the anger of the king was abated.
Esther 8:11-17
[In them] the king allowed the Jews who [were] in every city to assemble and {defend their lives}, to destroy and kill and annihilate any army of any people or province attacking them, including women and children, and to plunder their spoil,
Psalm 101:7-8
There will not live in the midst of my house a worker of deceit. One who speaks lies will not remain before my eyes.
Proverbs 20:28
Loyalty and faithfulness will preserve a king, and he is upheld with the righteousness of his throne.
Isaiah 9:7
{His dominion will grow continually, and to peace there will be no end} on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and sustain it with justice and righteousness now and forever. The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.
Isaiah 16:5
then a throne shall be established in steadfast love, and one shall sit on it in faithfulness, in the tent of David, judging and seeking justice and zealous for righteousness.