Muhammad Habib Shakir: She said: Surely the kings, when they enter a town, ruin it and make the noblest of its people to be low, and thus they (always) do;
Abdullah Yusuf Ali: She said: "Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make the noblest of its people its meanest thus do they behave.
M.Pickthall: She said: Lo! kings, when they enter a township, ruin it and make the honour of its people shame. Thus will they do.
Amatul Rahmân Omer: She said, `Surely, when the kings enter a township (as invaders) they ruin it and reduce its most honourable residents to the most degraded positions. And such indeed will be their (- of Solomon and his men´s) ways.
Maulana Mohammad Ali: She said: O chiefs, advise me respecting my affair; I never decide an affair until you are in my presence.