PRO 14:28 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἐν πολλῷ ἔθνει δόξα βασιλέως, ἐν δὲ ἐκλείψει λαοῦ συντριβὴ δυνάστου.
(En pollōi ethnei doxa basileōs, en de ekleipsei laou suntribaʸ dunastou. )

BrTr In a populous nation is the glory of a king: but in the failure of people is the ruin of a prince.

ULT With the abundance of people is the majesty of a king,
⇔ but with the end of the populace the potentate is ruined.

UST Kings who rule over many people are glorious,
⇔ but rulers who have no people to rule over have nothing.

BSB ⇔ A large population is a king’s splendor,
⇔ but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.

OEB Glory falls to the monarch whose people are many,
⇔ but a prince comes to ruin whose people are few.

WEBBE In the multitude of people is the king’s glory,
⇔ but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A king’s glory is the abundance of people,
⇔ but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.

LSV The honor of a king [is] in the multitude of a people,
And the ruin of a prince in lack of people.

FBV The glory of a king is the number of his subjects, for a ruler is nothing without them.

T4T ⇔ If a king rules over many people, many people will be able to honor him;
⇔ if he has only a few people in his kingdom, he will have very little [HYP] power.

LEB • but without a population, a prince is ruined.

BBE A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the want of people is the ruin 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.

DRA In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of people the dishonour 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.

Drby In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince.

RV In the multitude of people is the king’s glory: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Wbstr In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

KJB-1769 In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

KJB-1611 In the multitude of people is the kings honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps In the multitude of people is the kynges honour: but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince.
(In the multitude of people is the kings honour: but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince.)

Gnva In the multitude of the people is the honour of a King, and for the want of people commeth the destruction of the Prince.
(In the multitude of the people is the honour of a King, and for the want of people cometh/comes the destruction of the Prince. )

Cvdl The increase and prosperite of the comons is the kynges honoure, but the decaye of the people is the confucio of the prynce.
(The increase and prosperite of the comons is the kings honour, but the decaye of the people is the confucio of the prynce.)

Wycl The dignite of the king is in the multitude of puple; and the schenschipe of a prince is in the fewnesse of puple.

Luth Wo ein König viel Volks hat, das ist seine Herrlichkeit; wo aber, wenig Volks ist, das macht einen Herrn blöde.
(Where a king many peoples has, the is his Lordlichkeit; where but, wenig peoples is, the macht a Lord blöde.)

ClVg In multitudine populi dignitas regis, et in paucitate plebis ignominia principis.
(In multitudine of_the_people dignitas king, and in paucitate plebis ignominia principis. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠רָב־עָ֥ם הַדְרַת־מֶ֑לֶךְ

in/on/at/with,multitude people glory king

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of abundance and majesty, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: “An abundant number of people is what makes a king majestic”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מֶ֑לֶךְ & רָזֽוֹן

king & prince

Here, a king and the potentate refer to types of people in general, not to specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any king … any potentate”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ⁠בְ⁠אֶ֥פֶס

and,in/on/at/with,shortage

Here, end refers to a lack of people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “but with the decline of”

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