Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one gets justice. New Living Translation Many seek the ruler’s favor, but justice comes from the LORD. English Standard Version Many seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the LORD that a man gets justice. Berean Standard Bible Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD. King James Bible Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD. New King James Version Many seek the ruler’s favor, But justice for man comes from the LORD. New American Standard Bible Many seek the ruler’s favor, But justice for mankind comes from the LORD. NASB 1995 Many seek the ruler’s favor, But justice for man comes from the LORD. NASB 1977 Many seek the ruler’s favor, But justice for man comes from the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible Many seek the face of a ruler, But justice for man comes from Yahweh. Amplified Bible Many seek the ruler’s favor, But justice for man comes from the LORD. Christian Standard Bible Many desire a ruler’s favor, but a person receives justice from the LORD. Holman Christian Standard Bible Many seek a ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD. American Standard Version Many seek the ruler's favor; But a man's judgment cometh from Jehovah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Many seek the face of a Ruler and the judgment of a man proceeds from LORD JEHOVAH. Brenton Septuagint Translation Many wait on the favour of rulers; but justice comes to a man from the Lord. Contemporary English Version Many try to make friends with a ruler, but justice comes from the LORD. Douay-Rheims Bible Many seek the face of the prince: but the judgment of every one cometh forth from the Lord. English Revised Version Many seek the ruler's favour: but a man's judgment cometh from the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation Many seek an audience with a ruler, but justice for humanity comes from the LORD. Good News Translation Everybody wants the good will of the ruler, but only from the LORD can you get justice. International Standard Version Many seek a ruler's favor, but justice for a man comes from the LORD. JPS Tanakh 1917 Many seek the ruler's favour; But a man's judgment cometh from the LORD. Literal Standard Version Many are seeking the face of a ruler, | And the judgment of each [is] from YHWH. Majority Standard Bible Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD. New American Bible Many curry favor with a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one receives justice. NET Bible Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one receives justice. New Revised Standard Version Many seek the favor of a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one gets justice. New Heart English Bible Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice comes from the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD. World English Bible Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man’s justice comes from Yahweh. Young's Literal Translation Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah is the judgment of each. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Stiff-Necked will Be Destroyed…25The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high. 26Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD. 27An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 4:4 My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me. Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. Proverbs 19:6 Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver. Isaiah 49:4 But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God." Treasury of Scripture Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD. seek Proverbs 19:6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. Psalm 20:9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. a ruler's favour or face of a ruler Proverbs 16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Proverbs 19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Jump to Previous Approval Audience Cause Decision Desired Face Favor Favour Gets Great Judgment Justice Numbers Right Ruler Ruler's Seek SeekingJump to Next Approval Audience Cause Decision Desired Face Favor Favour Gets Great Judgment Justice Numbers Right Ruler Ruler's Seek SeekingProverbs 29 1. observations of public government15. and of private 22. Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice and corruption (26) Many seek the ruler's favour.--And to be advanced by him; but his approval is of little value, for "every man's judgment cometh from the Lord;" it is He who really decides each man's worth. (Comp. 1Samuel 16:7; 1Corinthians 4:5.)Verse 26. - Many seek the ruler's favour; literally, the countenance of the ruler. A variation of Proverbs 19:6. There are numbers who are always trying, by means fair or surreptitious, to curry favour with a great man who has anything to bestow (comp. 1 Kings 10:24; Psalm 45:12). But every man's judgment cometh from the Lord. The real and only reliable judgment comes, not from an earthly prince (who may be prejudiced and is certainly fallible), but from the Lord, whose approval or disapproval is final and indisputable. Therefore one should seek to please him rather than any man, however great and powerful (comp. 1 Samuel 16:7; Isaiah 49:4; 1 Corinthians 4:5). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Manyרַ֭בִּים (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great seek מְבַקְשִׁ֣ים (mə·ḇaq·šîm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after the ruler’s מוֹשֵׁ֑ל (mō·wō·šêl) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign favor, פְּנֵי־ (pə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6440: The face but a man אִֽישׁ׃ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person receives justice מִשְׁפַּט־ (miš·paṭ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style from the LORD. וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Proverbs 29:26 NIVProverbs 29:26 NLT Proverbs 29:26 ESV Proverbs 29:26 NASB Proverbs 29:26 KJV Proverbs 29:26 BibleApps.com Proverbs 29:26 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 29:26 Chinese Bible Proverbs 29:26 French Bible Proverbs 29:26 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 29:26 Many seek the ruler's favor (Prov. 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