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Proverbs 8:16

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge rightly.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— By me princes rule, And nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— by me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— By me, rulers govern, and nobles—all the righteous judges:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— By me princes rule and the nobles, and all the iudges of the earth.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— By me Princes rule, and Nobles, [euen] all the Iudges of the earth.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— By me princes and nobles rule, even all the righteous judges of the earth.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
By me princes 8269
{8269} Prime
שַׂר
sar
{sar}
From H8323; a head person (of any rank or class).
rule, 8323
{8323} Prime
שָׂרַר
sarar
{saw-rar'}
A primitive root; to have (transitively exercise; reflexively get) dominion.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
and nobles, 5081
{5081} Prime
נָדִיב
nadiyb
{naw-deeb'}
From H5068; properly voluntary, that is, generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant).
[even] 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).
the judges 8199
{8199} Prime
שָׁפַט
shaphat
{shaw-fat'}
A primitive root; to judge, that is, pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication to vindicate or punish; by extension to govern; passively to litigate (literally or figuratively).
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
of the earth. 776
{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 8:15-16.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 8:12-21.

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