King James Version

Proverbs 29:4

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

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מֶ֗לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.בְּ֭מִשְׁפָּטbemishpatin lawמִשְׁפָּטpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…יַעֲמִ֣ידyaamidstandעָמַדverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “stand”, an unfinished actionH5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, m…אָ֑רֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְאִ֖ישׁveishand a certainאִישׁconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…תְּרוּמ֣וֹתterumotofferedתְּרוּמָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “offered”, the ordinary formH8641a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tributegift, heave offering (shoulder), oblation, offered(-ing).יֶֽהֶרְסֶֽנָּהyehersenahbreakהָרַסverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “break”, an unfinished actionH2040to pull down or in pieces, break, destroybeat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The king by justice establisheth the land; but he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

Young’s Literal Translation

A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down.

World English Bible

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

Darby Translation

A king by just judgment establisheth the land; but he that taketh gifts overthroweth it.

Douay-Rheims

A just king setteth up the land: a covetous man shall destroy it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The king by justice establisheth the land; but he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A righteous king establishes a country: but a transgressor destroys it .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Βασιλεὺς δίκαιος ἀνίστησι χώραν, ἀνὴρ δὲ παράνομος κατασκάπτει.