| Proverbs 29:26 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Many seek the ruler's favor, But justice for man comes from the LORD. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Many seek an audience with a ruler, but justice for humanity comes from the LORD.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD. |
| ASV: | Many seek the ruler's favor; But a man's judgment cometh from Jehovah. |
| BBE: | The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord. |
| DBY: | Many seek the ruler's face; but a man's right judgment is from Jehovah. |
| ERV: | Many seek the ruler's favour: but a man's judgment cometh from the LORD. |
| JPS: | Many seek the ruler's favour; but a man's judgment cometh from the LORD. |
| WBS: | Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD. |
| WEB: | Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice comes from Yahweh. |
| YLT: | Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah is the judgment of each. |
| Proverbs 29:26 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 19:6 Many will seek the favor of a generous man, And every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.
Isaiah 49:4 But I said, "I have toiled in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity; Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the LORD, And My reward with My God."
1 Corinthians 4:4 For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 29:26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but [every] man's {g} judgment [cometh] from the LORD.
(g) He does not need to flatter the ruler, for what God has appointed will come to him. |
| WES: | 29:26 Judgment - The decision of his cause, and the success of all his endeavours. |
| MHC: | 29:26. The wisest course is, to look to God, and seek the favour of the Ruler of rulers; for every creature is that to us which God makes it to be. 27. The just man abhors the sins of the wicked, and shuns their company. Christ exposed the wickedness of men, yet prayed for the wicked when they were crucifying him. Hatred to sin in ourselves and others, is a needful branch of the Christian temper. But all that are unholy, have rooted hatred to godliness. |
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