the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Proverbs 28:16
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A ruler with no understanding will oppress his people, but one who hates corruption will have a long life.
The leader that lacks understanding is also a great oppressor; [But] he that hates covetousness shall prolong his days.
A ruler without wisdom will be cruel, but the one who refuses to take dishonest money will rule a long time.
The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.
A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding and common sense [and his wickedness shortens his days], But he who hates unjust gain will [be blessed and] prolong his days.
A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
A duyk nedi of prudence schal oppresse many men bi fals chalenge; but the daies of hym that hatith aueryce, schulen be maad longe.
The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
A heartless leader is a fool, but anyone who refuses to get rich by cheating others will live a long time.
The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.
A prince without discernment is a cruel oppressor, but one who hates greed will prolong his life.
The prince void of intelligence is also a great oppressor: he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.
A foolish ruler hurts the people under him, but a ruler who hates wrong will rule for a long time.
The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
The prince that wanteth vnderstanding, is also a great oppressour: but he that hateth couetousnesse, shall prolong his dayes.
A ruler who takes much from the people who have little does not have understanding. But he who hates wanting something that belongs to someone else will live a long time.
A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor; but one who hates unjust gain will enjoy a long life.
A prince destitute of vnderstanding, is also a great oppressour: but hee that hateth couetousnes, shall prolong his dayes.
A ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor; but he who hates deceit shall prolong his life.
A ruler without good sense will be a cruel tyrant. One who hates dishonesty will rule a long time.
A leader, may lack intelligence, yet abound in oppressions, The hater of greed, shall lengthen out days.
A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days.
A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor; but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
Where the prince is without vnderstanding, there is great oppression and wrong: but if he hateth couetousnes, he shall long raigne.
A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.
A leader who lacks understandingis very oppressive,but one who hates dishonest profitprolongs his life.
The ruler who lacks judgment is a great tyrant. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, but those who hate unjust gain will have long days.
The ruler that lacks understanding even adds oppressions, but he who hates unjust gain prolongs his days.
A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.
Where the prynce is without vnderstondinge, there is greate oppression & wronge: but yf he be soch one as hateth couetousnesse, he shal longe raigne.
Among leaders who lack insight, abuse abounds, but for one who hates corruption, the future is bright.
A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding, But a person who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
A ruler who lacks understanding is a great oppressor, But he who hates covetousness will prolong his days.
A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding, But he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
A leader who lacks discernment abounds in oppressions,But he who hates greedy gain will prolong his days.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
prince: 1 Kings 12:10, 1 Kings 12:14, Nehemiah 5:15, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Isaiah 3:12, Amos 4:1
he that: Exodus 18:21, Isaiah 33:15, Isaiah 33:16, Jeremiah 22:15-17
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:14 - General Proverbs 15:27 - but Proverbs 26:1 - so Proverbs 29:14 - king Ecclesiastes 4:13 - is a poor Isaiah 33:6 - wisdom Jeremiah 17:11 - he that Ezekiel 19:7 - and the land Ezekiel 45:8 - and my princes Luke 12:15 - Take Ephesians 5:3 - covetousness
Cross-References
and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.
He said, "Don't come close. Take off your sandals from off your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."
Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
The prince of Yahweh's host said to Joshua, Put off your shoe from off your foot; for the place whereon you stand is holy. Joshua did so.
Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.
For God speaks once, Yes twice, though man pays no attention.
You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!
Yahweh of hosts, him shall you sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor,.... Or, "much in oppressions" o; he multiplies them, and abounds in them; he distresses his subjects in a variety of ways and methods he uses to extort money from them by which he shows his want of understanding: he is a wise prince that uses gentle methods, and gains the affections of his people, and who cheerfully supports his crown and government with honour and glory; but he is a foolish prince that uses them with rigour. It may be rendered, "and a prince that wanteth understanding, and is much", or "abounds, in oppressions"; in laying heavy burdens and taxes on his people, in an arbitrary manner; "shall shorten, and not prolong his days" p, as it may be supplied from the next clause; either his subjects will rise up against him, and dethrone him, and destroy him; or God, in mercy to them, and in judgment to him, will remove him by death;
[but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days; to hate covetousness is a good qualification of a civil magistrate, prince, or ruler, Exodus 18:21. This sin is the cause of a wicked prince oppressing his subjects; but where it is hated, which is seen by moderation in government, and easing of the people as much as possible; such a prince, as he has the hearts of his subjects, is well pleasing to God, by whom he reigns; and such an one, through the prayers of the people for him, and the goodness of God unto him, lives long, and reigns prosperously; and dies, as David, in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour.
o רב מעשקות "multus oppressionibus", Montanus, Junius & Tremeilius, Piscator, Mercerus, Baynus, Michaelis, Schultens. p So Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus, and some Jewish writers in Vatablus.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 28:16. The prince that wanteth understanding — A weak prince will generally have wicked ministers, for his weakness prevents him from making a proper choice; and he is apt to prefer them who flatter him, and minister most to his pleasures. The quantum of the king's intellect may be always appreciated by the mildness or oppressiveness of his government. He who plunges his people into expensive wars, to support which they are burdened with taxes, is a prince without understanding. He does not know his own interest, and does not regard that of his people. But these things, though general truths, apply more particularly to those despotic governments which prevail in Asiatic countries.
