King James Version

Proverbs 8:15

By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

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בִּ֭יbiinבִּ֭יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”inמְלָכִ֣יםmelakhimkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.יִמְלֹ֑כוּyimlokhvreignמָלַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “reign”, an unfinished actionH4427to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counselconsult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.וְ֝רוֹזְנִ֗יםverozenimand princeרָזַןconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and prince”, a verb used as a describing wordH7336probably to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) honorableprince, ruler.יְחֹ֣קְקוּyechoqeqvappointחָקַקverb, poel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “appoint”, an unfinished actionH2710properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribeappoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.צֶֽדֶקtsedeqrightצֶדֶקnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “right”, the ordinary formH6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity[idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

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American Standard Version (1901)

By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.

Young’s Literal Translation

By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,

World English Bible

By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

Darby Translation

By me kings reign, and rulers make just decrees;

Douay-Rheims

By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διʼ ἐμοῦ βασιλεῖς βασιλεύουσι, καὶ οἱ δυνάσται γράφουσιν δικαιοσύνην.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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