In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
In the multitude of people is the king’s glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
WEB
A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
YLT
In the multitude of a people is the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.
DBT
In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.