Proverbs 29:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַ֭בִּים מְבַקְשִׁ֣ים פְּנֵי־מוֹשֵׁ֑ל וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה מִשְׁפַּט־אִֽישׁ׃

Transliteration

rabbîm məḇaqšîm pənê-môšēl û-mê-YHWH mišpaṭ-ʾîš

Grammar Details

• *rabbîm*: adjective/substantive, masculine plural - many
• *məḇaqšîm*: piel participle, masculine plural - seeking
• *pənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - face of
• *môšēl*: qal participle, masculine singular - ruler/one who rules
• *û*: conjunction - but/yet
• *mê*: preposition - from
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD
• *mišpaṭ*: noun, masculine singular construct - judgment of
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man

Word Meanings

• *rabbîm*: many/many people
• *məḇaqšîm*: seek/are seeking
• *pənê-môšēl*: face of ruler/ruler's favor
• *û-mê-YHWH*: but from Yahweh/yet from the LORD
• *mišpaṭ-ʾîš*: judgment of man/man's justice/a person's judgment

Referenced Verses

• Prov 19:6 : 6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
• Ps 20:9 : 9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
• Ps 62:12 : 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest{H8762)} to every man according to his work.
• Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
• Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
• Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
• Isa 46:9-9 : 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: 11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
• Isa 49:4 : 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
• Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
• 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
• Gen 43:14 : 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
• Ezra 7:27-28 : 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: 28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
• Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
• Esth 4:16 : 16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.