Proverbes 16:13

Darby's French Translation

Les lèvres justes sont le plaisir des rois, et le roi aime celui qui parle droitement.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Les Rois [doivent prendre] plaisir aux lèvres de justice, et aimer celui qui profère des choses justes.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Les rois doivent prendre plaisir aux paroles justes, et aimer celui qui parle avec droiture.

Louis Segond (1910)
Les lèvres justes gagnent la faveur des rois, Et ils aiment celui qui parle avec droiture.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 14:35, Proverbs 22:11, Psalms 101:5-7

Reciprocal: Proverbs 10:20 - tongue Proverbs 15:23 - joy Proverbs 16:10 - A divine sentence 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - crown

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings,.... Such that speak truth and righteousness, and advise to the administration of justice and judgment, and to do that which is most for their own true honour and the people's good, are, or ought to be, highly valued and esteemed by kings: but the contrary is too often the case; kings hearken to those that speak lies, that flatter them, and gratify their pride, ambition, and love of power, to the hurt of their subjects;

and they love him that speaketh right: agreeably to right reason; which makes for the honour of kings, and the good of those over whom they rule. Christ loves and delights in those that deliver out his doctrines in the taught words of the Holy Ghost, without any mixture or corruption; that explain, inculcate, and enforce his laws and commands; and faithfully declare the whole counsel of God, both with respect to faith and practice; all which is for his glory, as King of saints, and to the profit and advantage of those who submit to the sceptre of his kingdom.