Proverbs 20:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.”
Proverbs 20:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 20:8 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 20:8 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 20:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.”
Proverbs 20:8 — World English Bible
Proverbs 20:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.”
Proverbs 20:8 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 20:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,”
Proverbs 20:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 20:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.”
Proverbs 20:8 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 20:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“A King that sitteth in the throne of iudgement, chaseth away all euill with his eyes.”
Proverbs 20:8 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 20:8 in Context — Proverbs 20
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
What Does Proverbs 20:8 Mean?
Proverbs 20:8 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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