The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
WEB
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
YLT
Rivulets of waters is the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.
DBT
The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is [as] brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
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.