The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
WEB
A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
YLT
The wrath of a king is a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.
DBT
The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.