Proverbs 8:16

Pro 8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.

Ver. 16. And nobles. ] So called in the original, from their liberality and bounty. Hence Luk 22:25 this word is expressed by Eυεργεται , Bountiful, or benefactors, such as are ingenuous, free, munificent, endued with that free princely spirit. Psa 51:14

Even all the judges of the earth. ] Though haply they be reckoned in the rank of bad men, but good princes; such as was Galba, and our Richard III, and Trajan, much magnified for a good emperor, and yet a drunkard and a cruel persecutor. a

a Plin. Secund. Dion. Cass.