Proverbs 20:8
New International Version
When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes.

New Living Translation
When a king sits in judgment, he weighs all the evidence, distinguishing the bad from the good.

English Standard Version
A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.

Berean Standard Bible
A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

King James Bible
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

New King James Version
A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters all evil with his eyes.

New American Standard Bible
A king who sits on the throne of justice Disperses all evil with his eyes.

NASB 1995
A king who sits on the throne of justice Disperses all evil with his eyes.

NASB 1977
A king who sits on the throne of justice Disperses all evil with his eyes.

Legacy Standard Bible
A king who sits on the throne of justice Disperses all evil with his eyes.

Amplified Bible
A [discerning] king who sits on the throne of judgment Sifts all evil [like chaff] with his eyes [and cannot be easily fooled].

Christian Standard Bible
A king sitting on a throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A king sitting on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

American Standard Version
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The King sits upon the throne of judgment and all the wicked are scattered before him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, no evil thing can stand before his presence.

Contemporary English Version
When rulers decide cases, they weigh the evidence.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.

English Revised Version
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A king who sits on his throne to judge sifts out every evil with his eyes.

Good News Translation
The king sits in judgment and knows evil when he sees it.

International Standard Version
A king sits on a throne of justice, sifting out all sorts of evil with his glance.

JPS Tanakh 1917
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Literal Standard Version
A king sitting on a throne of judgment, | Is scattering all evil with his eyes,

Majority Standard Bible
A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

New American Bible
A king seated on the throne of judgment dispels all evil with his glance.

NET Bible
A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.

New Revised Standard Version
A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.

New Heart English Bible
A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

Webster's Bible Translation
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

World English Bible
A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

Young's Literal Translation
A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Wine is a Mocker
7The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him. 8A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes. 9Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?…

Cross References
Matthew 12:30
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

1 Kings 7:7
In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.

Proverbs 20:26
A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

Proverbs 25:5
Remove the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.


Treasury of Scripture

A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 20:26
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

Proverbs 16:12
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 29:14
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

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(8) A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment . . .--See note on Proverbs 16:12.

Verse 8. - A royal and right noble maxim. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. The king, sitting on the tribunal and executing his judiciary office, sees through all devices and pretences which cloak evil, and scatters them to the winds, as the chaff flies before the winnowing fan. Nothing unrighteous can abide in his presence (comp. ver. 26; Proverbs 16:10, etc.). See here an adumbration of the characteristic of the Messiah, the great King whose "eyes behold, whose eyelids try, the children of men" (Psalm 11:4): who is "of purer eyes than to behold evil" (Habakkuk 1:13); who "with righteousness shall judge the poor and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall slay the wicked" (Isaiah 11:4; comp. Matthew 3:12). Septuagint, "When the righteous king shall sit upon his throne, nothing that is evil shall offer itself before his eyes."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
A king
מֶ֗לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

who sits
יוֹשֵׁ֥ב (yō·wō·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a throne
כִּסֵּא־ (kis·sê-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne

to judge
דִ֑ין (ḏîn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1779: Judgement, strife

sifts out
מְזָרֶ֖ה (mə·zā·reh)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2219: To toss about, to diffuse, winnow

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

evil
רָֽע׃ (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

with his eyes.
בְעֵינָ֣יו (ḇə·‘ê·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain


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