| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | The king's | מֶ֭לֶךְ | me·lech | 4428 | king | from an unused word |
| heart | לֶב־ | lev- | 3820 | inner man, mind, will, heart | from the same as lebab |
| is [like] channels | פַּלְגֵי־ | pal·gei- | 6388 | a channel, canal | from palag |
| of water | מַ֣יִם | ma·yim | 4325 | waters, water | a prim. root |
| in the hand | בְּיַד־ | be·yad- | 3027 | hand | a prim. root |
| of the LORD; | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | 3068 | the proper name of the God of Israel | from havah |
| He turns | יַטֶּֽנּוּ׃ | yat·ten·nu. | 5186 | to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend | a prim. root |
| it wherever | עַֽל־ | al- | 5921 | upon, above, over | from alah |
| He wishes. | יַחְפֹּ֣ץ | yach·potz | 2654a | to delight in | a prim. root |
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KJV Lexicon
The king's
melek (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 |
New American Standard (©1995)
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. American King James Version
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he will. American Standard Version
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will. Darby Bible Translation
The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. English Revised Version
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD as the watercourses: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Webster's Bible Translation
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. World English Bible
The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires. Young's Literal Translation
Rivulets of waters is the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it. Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata
sicut divisiones aquarum ita cor regis in manu Domini quocumque voluerit inclinabit illud
Brooks Channels Desires Direction Directs Hands Heart Inclineth King's Pleases Pleaseth Pleasure Rivers Rivulets Stream Streams Turneth Turns Watercourse Watercourses Waters Wherever Whithersoever Wishes
Brooks Channels Desires Direction Directs Hand Hands Heart Inclineth King's Pleases Pleaseth Pleasure Rivers Rivulets Stream Streams Turned Turneth Turns Water Watercourse Watercourses Waters Wherever Whithersoever Wishes
Brooks Channels Desires Direction Directs Hand Hands Heart Inclineth King's Pleases Pleaseth Pleasure Rivers Rivulets Stream Streams Turned Turneth Turns Water Watercourse Watercourses Waters Wherever Whithersoever WishesProverbs 21:1 Multilingual Bible Proverbes 21:1 French Proverbios 21:1 Biblia Paralela 箴 言 21:1 Chinese Bible |
