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Proverbs 14:28

Context

14:28 A king’s glory is 1  the abundance of people,

but the lack of subjects 2  is the ruin 3  of a ruler.

1 tn The preposition serves as the beth essentiae – the glory is the abundant population, not in it.

2 tn Heb “people.” Cf. NLT “a dwindling nation.”

3 sn The word means “ruin; destruction,” but in this context it could be a metonymy of effect, the cause being an attack by more numerous people that will bring ruin to the ruler. The proverb is purely a practical and secular saying, unlike some of the faith teachings in salvation history passages.



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