Proverbs 8:16

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By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.	By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.	I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

By me princes^H8269 rule^H8323, and nobles^H5081, even all the judges^H8199 of the earth^H776.

Original Hebrew

בִּי שָׂרִים יָשֹׂרוּ וּנְדִיבִים כָּל־שֹׁפְטֵי צֶדֶק׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בִּ֭/י	b/i		HR/Sp1cs	by (the)/ me
שָׂרִ֣ים	sa.Rim	H8269	HNcmpa	princes
יָשֹׂ֑רוּ	ya.So.ru	H8323	HVqi3mp	they rule
וּ֝/נְדִיבִ֗ים	u./ne.di.Vim	H5081	HC/Aampa	and/ noble (people)
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
שֹׁ֥פְטֵי	Sho.fe.tei	H8199	HVqrmpc	judges of
צֶֽדֶק	tsedeq	H6664	HNcmsa

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

Strong's References

H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
H5081 — נָדִיב (nâdîyb, naw-deeb'): from נָדַב; properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant); free, liberal (things), noble, prince, willing (hearted).
H8199 — שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ, shaw-fat'): a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively); [phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.
H8269 — שַׂר (sar, sar): from שָׂרַר; a head person (of any rank or class); captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
H8323 — שָׂרַר (sârar, saw-rar'): a primitive root; to have (transitively, exercise; reflexively, get) dominion; [idiom] altogether, make self a prince, (bear) rule.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
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).

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