Proverbs 20:8
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- 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
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Read in contextProverbs 20:26
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Read in contextProverbs 29:14
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Read in contextPsalms 99:4
The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Read in contextPsalms 92:9
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Read in contextIsaiah 32:1
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Read in context2 Samuel 23:4
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Read in context1 Samuel 23:3–4
And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
Read in context