A half-satirical description of the power of bribery in palaces and among judges. The precious stone (literally as in the margin) is probably a gem, thought of as a talisman, which, “wherever it turns,” will ensure “prosperity” to him who, being the possessor, has the power to give it.
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Proverbs 17:8
8 A gift is as a preciousd stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.