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.
Proverbs 14:28 in other translations
| BSB | A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin. |
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| WEB | In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince. |
| ASV | In the multitude of people is the king’s glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. |
| YLT | In the multitude of a people is the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince. |
| DARBY | In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince. |
| BBE | A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction. |
| Webster | In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. |
What does Proverbs 14:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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Proverbs 14:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 14:28
- 1 Kings 4:20-21
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- 2 Kings 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.
- Exodus 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.
- Exodus 1:12
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
- 1 Kings 20:27
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
- 2 Kings 10:32-33
In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
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Context
- Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
- 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.
- Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs 14:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | En la multitud de pueblo está la gloria del rey: y en la falta de pueblo la flaqueza del príncipe. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La gloire d’un roi, c’est la multitude du peuple, mais dans le manque de peuple est la ruine d’un prince. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | In der Menge des Volkes ist die Herrlichkeit eines Königs, aber im Schwinden der Bevölkerung eines Fürsten Untergang. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In multitudine populi dignitas regis, et in paucitate plebis ignominia principis. |