Proverbs 8:15
Strong's Lexicon
By me
בִּ֭י ()
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew :

kings
מְלָכִ֣ים (mə·lā·ḵîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4428: 1) king

reign,
יִמְלֹ֑כוּ (yim·lō·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4427: 1) to be or become king or queen, reign 1a) (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign 1b) (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign 1c) (Hophal) to be made king or queen 2) to counsel, advise 2a) (Niphal) to consider

and rulers
וְ֝רוֹזְנִ֗ים (wə·rō·wz·nîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7336: 1) (Qal) to be weighty, be judicious, be commanding

enact just
צֶֽדֶק׃ (ṣe·ḏeq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6664: 1) justice, rightness, righteousness 1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures) 1b) righteousness (in government) 1b1) of judges, rulers, kings 1b2) of law 1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah 1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government 1b5) of God's attribute 1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause) 1d) rightness (in speech) 1e) righteousness (as ethically right) 1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity 1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption 1f2) in name of Messianic king 1f3) of people enjoying salvation 1f4) of Cyrus

laws;
יְחֹ֣קְקוּ (yə·ḥō·qə·qū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2710: 1) to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut in 1a2) to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe 1a3) to trace, mark out 1a4) to engrave, inscribe (of a law) 1b) (Poel) 1b1) to inscribe, enact, decree 1b2) one who decrees, lawgiver (participle) 1c) (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle) 1d) (Hophal) to be inscribed

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;

Young's Literal Translation
By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is by me that kings reign and rulers enact just law;

New American Standard Bible
"By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice.

King James Bible
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
By me kings reign and rulers issue decrees that are just;

New Living Translation
Because of me, kings reign, and rulers make just decrees.

English Standard Version
By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just;

New American Standard Bible
"By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice.

King James Bible
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is by me that kings reign and rulers enact just law;

International Standard Version
Kings reign by me, and rulers dispense justice through me.

NET Bible
Kings reign by means of me, and potentates decree righteousness;

American Standard Version
By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.

English Revised Version
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

Young's Literal Translation
By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,
















Cross References
Matthew 28:18
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Romans 13:1
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

2 Chronicles 1:10
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?

Psalm 2:10
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Proverbs 8:16
By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

Proverbs 29:4
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

Daniel 2:21
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 8:14
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 8:12
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
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