NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon The king'smelek (meh'-lek) a king -- king, royal. heart leb (labe) the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect is in the hand yad (yawd) a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), of the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. as the rivers peleg (peh'-leg) a rill (i.e. small channel of water, as in irrigation) -- river, stream. of water mayim (mah'-yim) water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring). he turneth natah (naw-taw') to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield. it whithersoever he will chaphets (khaw-fates') to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes. King James Bible The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Holman Christian Standard Bible A king's heart is like streams of water in the LORD's hand: He directs it wherever He chooses. International Standard Version A king's heart is a water stream that the LORD controls; he directs it wherever he pleases. NET Bible The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The heart of the King is like a stream of waters in the hands of God, and he turns it wherever he chooses. GOD'S WORD® Translation The king's heart is like streams of water. Both are under the LORD's control. He turns them in any direction he chooses. King James 2000 Bible The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he will. Links Proverbs 21:1Proverbs 21:1 NIV Proverbs 21:1 NLT Proverbs 21:1 ESV Proverbs 21:1 NASB Proverbs 21:1 KJV |
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