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Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

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ASV

The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

KJV

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
פַּלְגֵי־pal.gei-[is] streams ofH6388 →
מַ֣יִםMa.yimwaterH4325 →
לֶב־lev-[the] heart ofH3820 →
מֶ֭לֶךְMe.lekha kingH4428 →
בְּיַד־be.yad-in [the] hand ofH3027 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
עַֽל־'al-toH5921 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherthatH834 →
יַחְפֹּ֣ץyach.Potzhe desiresH2654 →
יַטֶּֽנּוּ׃ya.Te.nuhe turns itH5186 →

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Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.Ezra 6:22For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.Proverbs 20:24A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?Acts 7:10and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.Proverbs 16:1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.Ezra 7:27–28Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”Psalms 106:46He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.Isaiah 43:19Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.Nehemiah 2:4“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heavenNehemiah 1:11O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)Psalms 105:25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.Ezra 1:1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:2 Kings 8:6When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”Psalms 74:15You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.Psalms 105:19until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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