Proverbs Chapter 29 verse 26 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the ruler's favor; But a man's judgment `cometh' from Jehovah.
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BBE Proverbs 29:26

The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.
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DARBY Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the ruler's face; but a man's right judgment is from Jehovah.
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KJV Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
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WEB Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the ruler's favor, But a man's justice comes from Yahweh.
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YLT Proverbs 29:26

Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah `is' the judgment of each.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - Many seek the ruler's favour; literally, the countenance of the ruler. A variation of Proverbs 19:6. There are numbers who are always trying, by means fair or surreptitious, to curry favour with a great man who has anything to bestow (comp. 1 Kings 10:24; Psalm 45:12). But every man's judgment cometh from the Lord. The real and only reliable judgment comes, not from an earthly prince (who may be prejudiced and is certainly fallible), but from the Lord, whose approval or disapproval is final and indisputable. Therefore one should seek to please him rather than any man, however great and powerful (comp. 1 Samuel 16:7; Isaiah 49:4; 1 Corinthians 4:5).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) Many seek the ruler's favour.--And to be advanced by him; but his approval is of little value, for "every man's judgment cometh from the Lord;" it is He who really decides each man's worth. (Comp. 1Samuel 16:7; 1Corinthians 4:5.)