Proverbs 20:28

Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

World English Bible
Learn

Your notes

Private to you. Anything you write on this verse, here or while reading, shows up here and in My study.

Other translations

WEBBE

Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

BSB

Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

KJV

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

ASV

Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness.

BBE

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

Original Hebrew

Look up a word

Tap a word to see what it means and everywhere else it's used.

חֶסֶד che·sed loyalty H2617 וֶאֱמֶת ve·'e·met and faithfulness H571 יִצְּרוּ־ yi·tze·ru- they preserve H5341 מֶלֶךְ me·lekh a king H4428 וְסָעַד ve·sa·'ad and he sustains H5582 בַּחֶסֶד ba·che·sed by (the) loyalty H2617 כִּסְאוֹ kis·'o throne his H3678

Commentary

Cross-references

10

Topics

RulersTruthMercy

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.