Proverbs 19:12

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

The wrath of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, || And his goodwill as dew on the herb.

YLT

The wrath of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.

DBY

The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

DRC

As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.

GNV

The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.

JPS

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

LXXE

The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but as dew on the grass, so is his favour.

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Original-language editions

WLC

נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר זַ֣עַף מֶ֑לֶךְ וּכְטַ֖ל עַל־עֵ֣שֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Βασιλέως ἀπειλὴ ὁμοία βρυγμῷ λέοντος· ὥσπερ δὲ δρόσος ἐπὶ χόρτῳ, οὕτως τὸ ἱλαρὸν αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
• Luke 12:4–5I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into…
• Proverbs 16:14–15The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
• Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
• Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
• Daniel 3:19–23At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual, and he commanded some…
• Psalms 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
• Ecclesiastes 8:4For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
• Esther 7:8Just 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…
• Daniel 2:12–13This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his…
• Daniel 6:24At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions…
• Psalms 72:6May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
• Micah 5:7Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
• 2 Samuel 23:4is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
• Daniel 5:19Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom…

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