Proverbs 8:15

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Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.	By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.	By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

By me kings^H4428 reign^H4427, and princes^H7336 decree^H2710 justice^H6664.

Original Hebrew

בִּי מְלָכִים יִמְלֹכוּ וְרֹוזְנִים יְחֹקְקוּ צֶדֶק׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בִּ֭/י	b/i		HR/Sp1cs	by (the)/ me
מְלָכִ֣ים	me.la.Khim	H4428	HNcmpa	kings
יִמְלֹ֑כוּ	yim.Lo.khu	H4427	HVqi3mp	they reign
וְ֝/רוֹזְנִ֗ים	ve./roz.Nim	H7336	HC/Vqrmpa	and/ rulers
יְחֹ֣קְקוּ	ye.Cho.ke.ku	H2710	HVmi3mp	they enact
צֶֽדֶק	Tze.dek	H6664	HNcmsa	righteousness

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H2710 — חָקַק (châqaq, khaw-kak'): a primitive root; properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe; appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
H4427 — מָלַךְ (mâlak, maw-lak'): a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel; consult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.
H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
H6664 — צֶדֶק (tsedeq, tseh'-dek): from צָדַק; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity; [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).
H7336 — רָזַן (râzan, raw-zan'): a primitive root; probably to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) honorable; prince, ruler.

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