Proverbs 8:16
By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
By me Princes rule, and Nobles, euen all the Iudges of the earth.
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Proverbs 8:16
Rulers, chiefs, or persons of high rank and authority.
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Sense 1: To govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority. Sense 2: A standard, principle, prescribed order, measuring line, boundary, or allotted sphere.
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Persons of high rank or distinguished standing in a people, city, court, or kingdom.
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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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Persons of high rank or distinguished standing in a people, city, court, or kingdom.
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8:15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
8:15By me kings reigne, and princes decree iustice.
8:16By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
8:16By me Princes rule, and Nobles, euen all the Iudges of the earth.
Selected passage8:17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
8:17I loue them that loue me, and those that seeke me early, shall find me.