Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
When the righteous are numerous, the people will rejoice, but when the wicked are ruling, people will groan.
New American Standard Bible
But when a wicked man rules, people groan.
King James Version
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Holman Bible
but when the wicked rule, people groan.
International Standard Version
As the righteous grow powerful, people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, people groan.
A Conservative Version
When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man bears rule, the people sigh.
American Standard Version
When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.
Amplified
When the righteous are in authority and become great, the people rejoice;
But when the wicked man rules, the people groan and sigh.
Bible in Basic English
When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.
Darby Translation
When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Julia Smith Translation
In the increasing of the just the people will rejoice: and in the ruling of the unjust one the people will groan.
King James 2000
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn.
Modern King James verseion
When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people mourn.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Where the righteous have the over hand, the people are in prosperity; but where the ungodly beareth rule, there the people mourn.
NET Bible
When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.
New Heart English Bible
When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
The Emphasized Bible
When the righteous become great, the people rejoice, but, when a lawless man beareth rule, a people sigh.
Webster
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
World English Bible
When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Youngs Literal Translation
In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 29:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
1 A man who is reproved, being stubborn of neck-- suddenly he will be broken, and there will not be healing. 2 When the righteous are numerous, the people will rejoice, but when the wicked are ruling, people will groan. 3 A man who loves wisdom will make his parents glad, but the friend of prostitutes will squander his wealth.
Cross References
Esther 8:15
Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in {royal clothing} of blue cloth and white linen, and a great crown of gold and a robe of fine white linen and purple, and the city of Susa was shouting and rejoicing.
Proverbs 28:12
When the righteous triumphs, great [is] the glory, but with [the] rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.
Proverbs 11:10
When good [is with] the righteous, [the] city rejoices, and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation.
Esther 3:15
The couriers went out quickly by order of the king, and the law was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; and the city of Susa was bewildered.
Proverbs 28:28
With [the] rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden, and with their perishing, [the] righteous will multiply.
Psalm 72:1-7
O God, give your judgments to [the] king, and your righteousness to [the] king's son.
Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- [it is] an error that proceeds from a ruler!
Isaiah 32:1-2
See, a king will rule according to righteousness, and princes will rule according to justice.
Jeremiah 23:5-6
"Look, days [are] coming," {declares} Yahweh, "when I will raise up for David a righteous branch, and he will reign [as] king, and he will achieve success, and he will do justice and righteousness in the land.
Matthew 2:3
And [when] King Herod heard [it], he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him,
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, [when he] saw that he had been deceived by the wise men, became very angry, and he sent [soldiers] [and] executed all the children in Bethlehem and in all the region [around] it from [the age of] two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined precisely from the wise men.
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel blew the trumpet, and there was a loud voice in heaven saying, "The kingdom of the world has become [the kingdom] of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign {forever and ever}."