Proverbs 25:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
remove wicked officials from the king's presence, and his throne will be established through righteousness.

New Living Translation
Remove the wicked from the king’s court, and his reign will be made secure by justice.

English Standard Version
take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Berean Study Bible
Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

New American Standard Bible
Take away the wicked before the king, And his throne will be established in righteousness.

NASB 1995
Take away the wicked before the king, And his throne will be established in righteousness.

NASB 1977
Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne will be established in righteousness.

Amplified Bible
Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne will be established in righteousness.

Christian Standard Bible
Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Remove the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Contemporary English Version
Evil people must be removed before anyone can rule with justice.

Good News Translation
Keep evil advisers away from the king and his government will be known for its justice.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Take a wicked person away from the presence of a king, and justice will make his throne secure.

International Standard Version
Purge the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

NET Bible
remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

New King James Version
Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne will be established in righteousness.

King James 2000 Bible
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

New Heart English Bible
Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

World English Bible
Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

American King James Version
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

American Standard Version
Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

A Faithful Version
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Darby Bible Translation
take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

English Revised Version
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Webster's Bible Translation
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Take away the wicked from the King, and his throne shall be stablished in righteousnes.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(25:4) Take away the vngodly from the kyng: and his seate shalbe stablished with righteousnesse.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Take awaye vngodlinesse fro ye kynge, & his seate shal be stablished wt rightuousnes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Take away the wicked before a king, "" And his throne is established in righteousness.

Young's Literal Translation
Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

Smith's Literal Translation
Take ye away the unjust one from before the king, and his throne shall be prepared in justice.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take away wickedness from the face of the king, and his throne shall be established with justice.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Take away impiety from the face of the king, and his throne shall be made firm by justice.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Evil ones will be scattered from before the King and he will establish his throne in righteousness.

Lamsa Bible
Let wicked men be driven from the presence of the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Slay the ungodly from before the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness.
















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