Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 4428 [e] מֶ֗לֶךְ me-leḵ A king N-ms 4941 [e] בְּ֭מִשְׁפָּט bə-miš-pāṭ by justice Prep-b | N-ms 5975 [e] יַעֲמִ֣יד ya-‘ă-mîḏ establishes V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms 776 [e] אָ֑רֶץ ’ā-reṣ the land N-fs 376 [e] וְאִ֖ישׁ wə-’îš and a man Conj-w | N-msc 8641 [e] תְּרוּמ֣וֹת tə-rū-mō-wṯ of contributions N-fp 2040 [e] יֶֽהֶרְסֶֽנָּה׃ ye-her-sen-nāh tears it down V-Qal-Imperf-3ms | 3fs

Berean Study Bible
By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.

Young's Literal Translation
A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
By justice a king brings stability to a land, but a man who demands “contributions” demolishes it.

New American Standard Bible
The king gives stability to the land by justice, But a man who takes bribes overthrows it.

King James Bible
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. Proverbs 29:4 • Proverbs 29:4 NIV • Proverbs 29:4 NLT • Proverbs 29:4 ESV • Proverbs 29:4 NASB • Proverbs 29:4 KJV • Proverbs 29:4 Biblia Paralela • Proverbs 29:4 Chinese Bible • Proverbs 29:4 French Bible • Proverbs 29:4 German Bible

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