Proverbs 25:1
What does Proverbs 25:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 25:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
KJV
King James Version · 1611These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: --
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752These are also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezechias, king of Juda, copied out.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 4:32
And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
- Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- Isaiah 37:2
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
- Hosea 1:1
The word of Jehovah that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
- Micah 1:1
The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 36:22
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
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