Proverbs 21:1

Proverbs chapter 21 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.1This passage

v.2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Nehemiah 2:4

    Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

  • Revelation 16:12

    And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river, the river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrising.

  • Psalms 114:3

    The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.

  • Revelation 16:4

    And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and it became blood.

  • Isaiah 44:27

    that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;

  • Psalms 74:15

    Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.