Proverbs 22:29

27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

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ÅB
Ser du en mann som er duelig i sin gjerning -- han kan komme til å tjene konger; han kommer ikke til å tjene småfolk.
[^1]: de. i retten
OTB
Ser du noen dyktig i sitt arbeid? De vil tjene for konger; de vil ikke tjene for ukjente mennesker.
B1930
Ser du en mann som er duelig i sin gjerning - han kan komme til å tjene konger; han kommer ikke til å tjene småfolk.
BSB
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
KJV
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
WEB
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.
ASV
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.
DARBY
Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.
BLB
Do you see a man quick in his work? Before the face of kings he will stand; he will not stand before the face of obscure ones.

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    Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.

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