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Proverbs 29:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— If a ruler pays attention to falsehood, All his ministers [become] wicked.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, all his servants are wicked.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, All his servants are wicked.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— If a ruler hearkeneth to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— If a ruler hearken to lying words, all his servants are wicked.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— When a ruler giveth heed to the word of falsehood, all his attendants, become lawless.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— A ruler who is attending to lying words, All his ministers [are] wicked.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— A prince that gladly heareth lying words, hath all his servants wicked.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Of a prince that hearkeneth to lyes, all his seruants are wicked.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— If a ruler hearken to lies, all his seruants are wicked.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— When a king hearkens to unjust language, all his subjects are transgressors.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
If a ruler 4910
{4910} Prime
מָשַׁל
mashal
{maw-shal'}
A primitive root; to rule.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
hearken 7181
{7181} Prime
קָשַׁב
qashab
{kaw-shab'}
A primitive root; to prick up the ears, that is, hearken.
z8688
<8688> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 857
to x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
lies, 1697
{1697} Prime
דָּבָר
dabar
{daw-baw'}
From H1696; a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially a cause.
8267
{8267} Prime
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
{sheh'-ker}
From H8266; an untruth; by implication a sham (often adverbially).
all x3605
(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
his servants 8334
{8334} Prime
שָׁרַת
sharath
{shaw-rath'}
A primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively to contribute to.
z8764
<8764> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 685
[are] wicked. 7563
{7563} Prime
רָשָׁע
rasha`
{raw-shaw'}
From H7561; morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Proverbs 29:12

_ _ His servants imitate him.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

Proverbs 29:12

_ _ Note, 1. It is a great sin in any, especially in rulers, to hearken to lies; for thereby they not only give a wrong judgment themselves of persons and things, according to the lies they give credit to, but they encourage others to give wrong informations. Lies will be told to those that will hearken to them; but the receiver, in this case, is as bad as the thief. 2. Those that do so will have all their servants wicked. All their servants will appear wicked, for they will have lies told of them; and they will be wicked, for they will tell lies to them. All that have their ear will fill their ear with slanders and false characters and representations; and so if princes, as well as people, will be deceived, they shall be deceived, and, instead of devolving the guilt of their own false judgments upon their servants that misinformed them, they must share in their servants' guilt, and on them will much of the blame lie for encouraging such misinformations and giving countenance and ear to them.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Proverbs 20:8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
1 Samuel 22:8-23 That all of you have conspired against me, and [there is] none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and [there is] none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? ... Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou [shalt be] in safeguard.
1 Samuel 23:19-23 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of Jeshimon? ... See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
2 Samuel 3:7-11 And Saul had a concubine, whose name [was] Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? ... And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
2 Samuel 4:5-12 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. ... And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged [them] up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried [it] in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
1 Kings 21:11-13 And the men of his city, [even] the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, [and] as it [was] written in the letters which she had sent unto them. ... And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, [even] against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
2 Kings 10:6-7 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye [be] mine, and [if] ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, [being] seventy persons, [were] with the great men of the city, which brought them up. ... And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him [them] to Jezreel.
Psalms 52:2-4 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. ... Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.
Psalms 101:5-7 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. ... He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
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1S 22:8; 23:19. 2S 3:7; 4:5. 1K 21:11. 2K 10:6. Ps 52:2; 101:5. Pv 20:8; 25:23.

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