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Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

KJV

In multitudine populi dignitas regis, et in paucitate plebis ignominia principis.

Vulgate

ἐν πολλῷ ἔθνει δόξα βασιλέως, ἐν δὲ ἐκλείψει λαοῦ συντριβὴ δυνάστου.

LXX

In the multitude of people is the king’s glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

ASV

בְּ/רָב עָ֥ם הַדְרַת מֶ֑לֶךְ וּ/בְ/אֶ֥פֶס לְ֝אֹ֗ם מְחִתַּ֥ת רָזֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַפְסֵי
'psy
noun · 43×
הַדְרַת
hdrt
noun · 5×
י
y
noun · 1849×
לְאֻמִּ֖ים
l'mym
noun · 36×
מְחִתָּה
mchth
noun · 11×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
רָזֽוֹן
rzvn
noun · 1×
רֹ֣ב
rb
noun · 149×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 12:22 — Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
  • 1Kgs 4:20 — Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
  • 2Kgs 13:7 — Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
  • 2Sam 19:7 — Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee t
  • Exod 1:22 — And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
  • Ezek 31:4 — The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.