משלי 20:8

Hebrew Modern Translation

מלך יושב על כסא דין מזרה בעיניו כל רע׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
יושב על-כסא-דין מזרה בעיניו כל-רע

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
מֶ֗לֶךְ יוֹשֵׁ֥ב עַל־כִּסֵּא־דִ֑ין מְזָרֶ֖ה בְעֵינָ֣יו כָּל־רָֽע ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
מֶלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא־דִין מְזָרֶה בְעֵינָיו כָּל־רָֽע ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 20:26, Proverbs 16:12, Proverbs 29:14, 1 Samuel 23:3, 1 Samuel 23:4, 2 Samuel 23:4, Psalms 72:4, Psalms 92:9, Psalms 99:4, Psalms 101:6-8, Isaiah 32:1

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:39 - I am 1 Kings 2:36 - Shimei 1 Kings 7:7 - of judgment Nehemiah 13:28 - I chased Job 29:8 - young men Psalms 101:8 - early Proverbs 14:35 - king's Proverbs 25:5 - away Proverbs 29:4 - king Proverbs 29:12 - General Proverbs 31:9 - General Isaiah 28:6 - for a spirit Romans 13:4 - be

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment,.... That executes judgment himself, as David and Solomon did; who ascends the throne, and sits personally there, and hears and tries causes himself, and not by his servants:

scattereth away all evil with his eyes; all evil men, as the Targum; everyone that is evil, as Aben Ezra: he will easily and quickly discern who is evil, or who is in a bad cause before him, and will pass sentence on him, and drive him away from him with shame and disgrace, and to receive deserved punishment; or he will terrify persons from coming before him with false witness against their neighbour, or with a wrong cause. This may be applied to Christ, the King of kings, and Judge of all; whose eyes are as a flame of fire; who will clearly see into all hearts and actions, when he shall sit on his throne of judgment; and shall pass the righteous and definitive sentence, and shall drive the wicked into hell, into everlasting punishment.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:8. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment — Kings should see to the administration of the laws, as well as of the state transactions, of their kingdom. In the British constitution there is a court for the king, called the King's Bench, where he should sit, and where he is always supposed to be sitting. The eyes - the presence, of the monarch in such a place, scatter evil - he sees into the case himself, and gives right judgment, for he can have no self-interest. Corrupt judges, and falsifying counsellors, cannot stand before him; and the villain is too deeply struck with the majesty and state of the monarch, to face out iniquity before him.