Add parallel Print Page Options

15 
“By me kings reign
And rulers decide and decree justice.(A)
16 
“By me princes rule, and nobles,
All who judge and govern rightly.
17 
“I love those who love me;
And those who seek me early and diligently will find me.(B)

Read full chapter

15 By me kings reign
    and rulers(A) issue decrees that are just;
16 by me princes govern,(B)
    and nobles—all who rule on earth.[a]
17 I love those who love me,(C)
    and those who seek me find me.(D)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; other Hebrew manuscripts all righteous rulers