Proverbs · מִשְׁלֵי

Proverbs 29:4

מֶ֣לֶךְ בְּ֭מִשְׁפָּט יַעֲמִ֣יד אָ֑רֶץ וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּרוּמ֣וֹת יֶהֶרְסֶֽנָּה׃
melek bmishpaṭ yaʿamiyd ʾareṣ vʾiysh trvmvot yehersenah
King James Version (KJV)

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

Modern English

By justice a king builds up the land, but he who exacts gifts tears it down.

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