Proverbs 29:14
 Proverbs 29:14 
New International Version (©2011)
If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will be established forever.

New Living Translation (©2007)
If a king judges the poor fairly, his throne will last forever.

English Standard Version (©2001)
If a king faithfully judges the poor, his throne will be established forever.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
If a king judges the poor with truth, His throne will be established forever.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
A king who judges the poor with fairness-- his throne will be established forever.

International Standard Version (©2012)
When a king faithfully administers justice to the poor, his throne will be established forever.

NET Bible (©2006)
If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
The throne of the King that judges in truth will be established in justice.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When a king judges the poor with honesty, his throne will always be secure.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The king that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.

American King James Version
The king that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

American Standard Version
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king that judgeth the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for ever.

Darby Bible Translation
A king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

English Revised Version
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

Webster's Bible Translation
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

World English Bible
The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.

Young's Literal Translation
a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

29:11. He is a fool who tells every thing he knows, and can keep no counsel. 12. One who loves flatterers, and hearkens to slanderers, causes his servants to become liars and false accusers. 13. Some are poor, others have a great deal of deceitful riches. They meet in the business of this world; the Lord gives to both the comforts of this life. To some of both sorts he gives his grace. 14. The rich will look to themselves, but the poor and needy the prince must defend and plead for. 15. Parents must consider the benefit of due correction, and the mischief of undue indulgence. 16. Let not the righteous have their faith and hope shocked by the increase of sin and sinners, but let them wait with patience. 17. Children must not be suffered to go without rebuke when they do amiss. 18. How bare does a place look without Bibles and ministers! and what an easy prey is it to the enemy of souls! That gospel is an open vision, which holds forth Christ, which humbles the sinner and exalts the Saviour, which promotes holiness in the life and conversation: and these are precious truths to keep the soul alive, and prevent it from perishing.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 14. - The king that faithfully judgeth the poor (comp. Proverbs 16:12; Proverbs 20:28; Proverbs 25:5). Inflexible fidelity to duty is intended - that perfect impartiality, which dispenses justice alike to rich and poor, uninfluenced By personal or social considerations. His throne shall be established forever. Being founded on righteousness, it shall pass on to his descendants for many generations (comp. Jeremiah 22:3, etc.). The LXX., pointing differently, have, "His throne shall be established for a testimony" (lahed, instead of lahad).


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor,.... That truly executes justice and judgment among all his subjects, particularly the poor, who are too often neglected, because they cannot afford persons to plead their cause: such a king was Solomon; and especially the Messiah, of whom he was a type, Psalm 72:1;

his throne shall be established for ever; be secure to him as long as he lives, and to his posterity after; justice to all men, and mercy to the poor, are the support of a prince's throne; see Proverbs 20:28.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

14. (Compare Pr 20:28; 25:5). Such is the character of the King of kings (Ps 72:4, 12).


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The Stiff-Necked will Be Destroyed
13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightens both their eyes. 14The king that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. 15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings his mother to shame. …

Psalm 72:4 May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor.
Proverbs 16:12 Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established through righteousness.
Proverbs 20:28 Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.
Proverbs 25:5 remove wicked officials from the king's presence, and his throne will be established through righteousness.
Proverbs 29:4 By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who are greedy for bribes tear it down.
Isaiah 11:4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.