4 By justice a king gives a country stability,

but those who are greedy for bribes tear it down.

5 Those who flatter their neighbors

are spreading nets for their feet.

4 By justice a king builds up the land,

but he who exacts gifts tears it down.

5 A man who flatters his neighbor

spreads a net for his feet.

4 The king by judgment establisheth the land:

But he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

5 A man that flattereth his neighbour

Spreadeth a net for his feet.

4 A just king gives stability to his nation,

but one who demands bribes destroys it.

5 To flatter friends

is to lay a trap for their feet.

4 The king establishes the land by justice,

But he who receives bribes overthrows it.

5 A man who flatters his neighbor

Spreads a net for his feet.

4 If a king is fair, he makes his country strong,

but if he takes gifts dishonestly, he tears his country down.

5 Those who give false praise to their neighbors

are setting a trap for them.

4 The king by justice establisheth the land;

But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

5 A man that flattereth his neighbor

Spreadeth a net for his steps.

4 By means of justice, a king builds up a country, 

but a person who confiscates religious contributions tears it down. 

5 A person who flatters his neighbor 

is spreading a net for him to step into. 

4 By justice a king brings stability to a land,

but a man who demands “contributions”

demolishes it.

5 A man who flatters his neighbor

spreads a net for his feet.

4 By justice a king gives stability to the land,

but one who makes heavy exactions ruins it.

5 Whoever flatters a neighbor

is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.

4 By justice a king gives stability to a land,

but a man of bribes will ruin it.

5 A strong man who flatters his neighbor

is spreading a net for his feet.

4 By doing what is fair, a king makes a country secure.

But the one who wants to be paid off tears it down.

5 A man who only pretends to praise his neighbor

is spreading a net to catch him by the feet.

4 The king gives stability to the land by justice,

But a man who takes bribes overthrows it.

5 A man who flatters his neighbor

Is spreading a net for his steps.