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.

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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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