Proverbs 19:12
10 Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
14 Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- KJV
- The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
- WEB
- The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- ASV
- The king`s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
- DARBY
- The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
- BLB
- The rage of a king [is] like the roaring of the young lion, and his favor [is] like dew on the grass.
- ÅB
- En konges vrede er som løvens brøl, men hans yndest som dugg på urter.
- OTB
- En konges vrede er som brølet fra en løve, men hans gunst er som dugg på gresset.
- B1930
- En konges vrede er som løvens brøl, men hans yndest som dugg på urter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Read in contextProverbs 20:2
The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
Read in contextLuke 12:4–5
I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
Read in contextProverbs 16:14–15
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
Read in contextProverbs 28:15
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
Read in contextEsther 7:8
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
Read in contextPsalms 133:3
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 8:4
For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
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