Proverbs 19:12
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and 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 as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Read in contextProverbs 20:2
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Read in contextLuke 12:4–5
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Read in contextProverbs 16:14–15
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Read in contextProverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Read in contextEsther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
Read in contextPsalms 133:3
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 8:4
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
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