Proverbs 29:16
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
When the wicked are multiplied,.... Or "are in authority" {r}; as the word is rendered, Proverbs 29:2;
transgression increaseth; among the common people, being encouraged by their wicked rulers, whose examples they follow; or as the wicked themselves increase, in numbers, in age, in power, and riches, their sins increase too;
but the righteous shall see their fall, from their places of authority and power, of honour, riches, and grandeur, into a low and despicable condition, into ruin and destruction; and that with pleasure, because of the glory of God, his wisdom, justice, truth, and faithfulness, displayed therein; see Psalms 58:10.
{r} twbrb "dominantibus impiis"; some in Mercerus; "quum praesunt impii", Tigurine version.