Proverbs 14:28

Proverbs 14:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
• New International Version (NIV)A large population is a king’s glory, but without subjects a prince is ruined.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In a multitude of people is a king’s honor, But in the lack of people is the downfall of a prince.

Context of Proverbs 14:28

26In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge. 27The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death. In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince. 29He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 30A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.

Proverbs 14:28 word by word

בְּרָב־עָ֥ם הַדְרַת־מֶ֑לֶךְ וּבְאֶ֥פֶס לְ֝אֹ֗ם מְחִתַּ֥ת רָזֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

• multitudeרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• ruinמְחִתָּהmechittâh · terrorH4288

Cross-references for Proverbs 14:28

• Exodus 1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel.
• 1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
• 1 Kings 20:27And the children of Israel were numbered and victualled, and they went against them; and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats; but the Syrians filled the land.
• 2 Kings 10:32In those days Jehovah began to cut Israel short; and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel;
• 2 Kings 13:7For he had left 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.

Commentaries on Proverbs 14:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28In the multitude of people - It is the interest of every state to promote marriage by every means that is just and prudent; and to discourage, disgrace, and debase celibacy; to render bachelors incapable, after a given age, of all public employments: and to banish nunneries and monasteries from all parts of their dominions; - they have ever, from their invention, contributed more to vice than virtue; and are positively point blank against the law of God.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28A protest against the false ideal of national greatness to which Eastern kings, for the most part, have bowed down. Not conquest, or pomp, or gorgeous array, but a happy and numerous people form the true glory of a king. The word translated “prince” is of doubtful meaning; but the translation is supported by the Septuagint, Vulg, and most commentators.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28Verse 28 Let all that wish well to the kingdom of Christ, do what they can, that many may be added to his church.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28A king's success is shown by the well-being and growth of the people, not by wealth or military victory.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. The teaching of a true political economy.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Proverbs 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings