Proverbs 21:1
What does Proverbs 21:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 21:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The 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 · 1901The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Rivulets of waters <FI>is<Fi> the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is [as] brooks of water: 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.
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