Proverbs 20:8
6 Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?
7 The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
10 Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
- KJV
- A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
- WEB
- A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
- ASV
- A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
- DARBY
- A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
- BLB
- A king sitting on the throne of judgment is scattering all evil with his eyes.
- ÅB
- En konge som sitter på sitt dommersete, sikter og skiller ut alt ondt med sine øyne.
- OTB
- En konge som sitter på domstolen skiller ut alt ondt med sine øyne.
- B1930
- En konge som sitter på sitt dommersete, sikter og skiller ut alt ondt med sine øine.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 25:5
Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Read in contextProverbs 20:26
A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.
Read in contextProverbs 29:14
A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established forever.
Read in contextPsalms 99:4
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Read in contextPsalms 92:9
For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
Read in contextIsaiah 32:1
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
Read in context2 Samuel 23:4
is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
Read in context1 Samuel 23:3–4
But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
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