Proverbs 8:16

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
by me, princes lead,as do nobles and all righteous judges.

Hebrew Names Version
By me princes rule; Nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the eretz.

King James Version
By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

English Standard Version
by me princes rule, and nobles, all who govern justly.

New American Standard Bible
"By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge rightly.

New Century Version
Princes use me to lead, and so do all important people who judge fairly.

New English Translation
by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.

Amplified Bible
"By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge and govern rightly.

World English Bible
By me princes rule; Nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.

Geneva Bible (1587)
By me princes rule and the nobles, and all the iudges of the earth.

Legacy Standard Bible
By me princes rule, and nobles,All who judge rightly.

Berean Standard Bible
By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.

Contemporary English Version
Every honest leader rules with help from me.

Complete Jewish Bible
By me princes govern, nobles too, and all the earth's rulers.

Darby Translation
by me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth.

Easy-to-Read Version
With my help leaders govern, and important officials make good decisions.

George Lamsa Translation
By me princes and nobles rule, even all the righteous judges of the earth.

Good News Translation
Every ruler on earth governs with my help, officials and nobles alike.

Lexham English Bible
By me rulers rule, and nobles—all judges of righteousness.

Literal Translation
Rulers and nobles rule by me, and all the judges of the earth.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thorow me, lordes beare rule, and all iudges of ye earth execute iudgmet.

American Standard Version
By me princes rule, And nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

Bible in Basic English
Through me chiefs have authority, and the noble ones are judging in righteousness.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

King James Version (1611)
By me Princes rule, and Nobles, euen all the Iudges of the earth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
By me princes beare rule, and noble men do iudge the earth.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.

English Revised Version
By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Princis comaunden bi me; and myyti men demen riytfulnesse bi me.

Update Bible Version
By me princes rule, And nobles, [even] all those who govern righteously.

Webster's Bible Translation
By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.

New King James Version
By me princes rule, and nobles,All the judges of the earth. [fn]

New Living Translation
Rulers lead with my help, and nobles make righteous judgments.

New Life Bible
By me rulers rule, and all the princes rule on the earth.

New Revised Standard
by me rulers rule, and nobles, all who govern rightly.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
By me, rulers govern, and nobles - all the righteous judges:

Douay-Rheims Bible
By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.

Revised Standard Version
by me princes rule, and nobles govern the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge rightly.

Contextual Overview

¹²"I am Lady Wisdom, and I live next to Sanity; Knowledge and Discretion live just down the street. The Fear-of- God means hating Evil, whose ways I hate with a passion— pride and arrogance and crooked talk. Good counsel and common sense are my characteristics; I am both Insight and the Virtue to live it out. With my help, leaders rule, and lawmakers legislate fairly; With my help, governors govern, along with all in legitimate authority. I love those who love me; those who look for me find me. Wealth and Glory accompany me— also substantial Honor and a Good Name. My benefits are worth more than a big salary, even a very big salary; the returns on me exceed any imaginable bonus. You can find me on Righteous Road—that's where I walk— at the intersection of Justice Avenue, Handing out life to those who love me, filling their arms with life—armloads of life!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:9 - to do 2 Kings 9:3 - I have anointed Psalms 148:11 - Kings Daniel 2:21 - he removeth Daniel 2:47 - a Lord Daniel 4:32 - until Daniel 9:12 - our judges Romans 13:1 - there Revelation 1:5 - and the prince Revelation 10:2 - he set Revelation 17:14 - Lord Revelation 19:16 - KING

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.

Genesis 7:13
That's the day Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, accompanied by his wife and his sons' wives, boarded the ship. And with them every kind of wild and domestic animal, right down to all the kinds of creatures that crawl and all kinds of birds and anything that flies. They came to Noah and to the ship in pairs—everything and anything that had the breath of life in it, male and female of every creature came just as God had commanded Noah. Then God shut the door behind him.

Genesis 8:18
Noah disembarked with his sons and wife and his sons' wives. Then all the animals, crawling creatures, birds—every creature on the face of the Earth—left the ship family by family.

Joshua 3:17
And there they stood; those priests carrying the Chest of the Covenant stood firmly planted on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground. Finally the whole nation was across the Jordan, and not one wet foot.

Joshua 4:10
The priests carrying the Chest continued standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything God had instructed Joshua to tell the people to do was done (confirming what Moses had instructed Joshua). The people crossed; no one dawdled. When the crossing of all the people was complete, they watched as the Chest of the Covenant and the priests crossed over.

Zechariah 9:11
"And you, because of my blood covenant with you, I'll release your prisoners from their hopeless cells. Come home, hope-filled prisoners! This very day I'm declaring a double bonus— everything you lost returned twice-over! Judah is now my weapon, the bow I'll pull, setting Ephraim as an arrow to the string. I'll wake up your sons, O Zion, to counter your sons, O Greece. From now on people are my swords."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

By me princes rule,.... All governors of provinces and cities, who are under the king as supreme; the discharge of whose office in a right manner requires much wisdom, prudence, justice, and integrity; all which they have from Christ, as well as their power of ruling, that rule well;

and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth; the word e for nobles signifies persons of a "free" spirit, generous, bountiful men; such as are called "benefactors", Luke 22:25; so one of the Ptolemys, king of Egypt, was called Evergetes. Such who govern, not in a cruel and rigorous manner, but with clemency and gentleness; who, as they are "free" and noble themselves, their subjects are a free people, and enjoy their privileges and liberties fully and quietly. And "the judges of the earth" are such, as sit on benches of justice, hear and try causes, and pass sentence on men; which requires great skill and knowledge, and much faithfulness and integrity, which all that perform their office aright have from Christ. How great therefore must he be! how wise and just! from whom all rulers, supreme and subordinate, have their power; prudence, generosity, and justice!

e נדיבים "munifici sive liberales", Vatablus; "ingenui", Junius Tremellius, Gejerus "munifici", Piscator; "generosi", Schultens.