Amsal 28:16

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Seorang pemimpin yang tidak mempunyai pengertian keras penindasannya, tetapi orang yang membenci laba yang tidak halal, memperpanjang umurnya.

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Seorang pemimpin yang tidak mempunyai pengertian keras penindasannya, tetapi orang yang membenci laba yang tidak halal, memperpanjang umurnya.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ Where the prince is without vnderstanding, there is great oppression and wrong: but if he hateth couetousnes, he shall long raigne.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

prince: 1 Kings 12:10, 1 Kings 12:14, Nehemiah 5:15, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Isaiah 3:12, Amos 4:1

he that: Exodus 18:21, Isaiah 33:15, Isaiah 33:16, Jeremiah 22:15-17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:14 - General Proverbs 15:27 - but Proverbs 26:1 - so Proverbs 29:14 - king Ecclesiastes 4:13 - is a poor Isaiah 33:6 - wisdom Jeremiah 17:11 - he that Ezekiel 19:7 - and the land Ezekiel 45:8 - and my princes Luke 12:15 - Take Ephesians 5:3 - covetousness

Cross-References

Genesis 28:4
And geue the blessing of Abraham vnto thee, and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest receaue to inherite ye lande wherein thou art a straunger, whiche God gaue vnto Abraham.

Genesis 28:7
And that Iacob had obeyed his father and mother, and was gone to Mesopotamia:

Exodus 3:5
And he said: Draw not nigh hither, put thy shoes of thy feete, for the place whereon thou standest, is holy ground.

Exodus 15:11
Who is like vnto thee O Lord amongst gods? Who is like thee, so glorious in holynesse, fearefull in prayses, shewyng wonders?

Joshua 5:15
And the captaine of the Lordes hoast sayde vnto Iosuah: Do thy shoe of thy foote, for the place wheron thou standest, is holy. And Iosuah did so.

Job 9:11
Lo, when he goeth by me, I shal not see hym, and when he passeth, I shall not perceaue hym.

Job 33:14
For God speaketh once or twise, and yet man vnderstandeth it not.

Psalms 68:35
O Lorde thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel geueth myght and strength vnto his people, Blessed be the Lorde.

Isaiah 8:13
But sanctifie the Lorde of hoastes, let him be your feare and dread.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor,.... Or, "much in oppressions" o; he multiplies them, and abounds in them; he distresses his subjects in a variety of ways and methods he uses to extort money from them by which he shows his want of understanding: he is a wise prince that uses gentle methods, and gains the affections of his people, and who cheerfully supports his crown and government with honour and glory; but he is a foolish prince that uses them with rigour. It may be rendered, "and a prince that wanteth understanding, and is much", or "abounds, in oppressions"; in laying heavy burdens and taxes on his people, in an arbitrary manner; "shall shorten, and not prolong his days" p, as it may be supplied from the next clause; either his subjects will rise up against him, and dethrone him, and destroy him; or God, in mercy to them, and in judgment to him, will remove him by death;

[but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days; to hate covetousness is a good qualification of a civil magistrate, prince, or ruler, Exodus 18:21. This sin is the cause of a wicked prince oppressing his subjects; but where it is hated, which is seen by moderation in government, and easing of the people as much as possible; such a prince, as he has the hearts of his subjects, is well pleasing to God, by whom he reigns; and such an one, through the prayers of the people for him, and the goodness of God unto him, lives long, and reigns prosperously; and dies, as David, in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour.

o רב מעשקות "multus oppressionibus", Montanus, Junius & Tremeilius, Piscator, Mercerus, Baynus, Michaelis, Schultens. p So Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus, and some Jewish writers in Vatablus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 28:16. The prince that wanteth understanding — A weak prince will generally have wicked ministers, for his weakness prevents him from making a proper choice; and he is apt to prefer them who flatter him, and minister most to his pleasures. The quantum of the king's intellect may be always appreciated by the mildness or oppressiveness of his government. He who plunges his people into expensive wars, to support which they are burdened with taxes, is a prince without understanding. He does not know his own interest, and does not regard that of his people. But these things, though general truths, apply more particularly to those despotic governments which prevail in Asiatic countries.