1The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.


In Context

1 The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

3 To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

Proverbs 21:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:1The king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:1The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:1As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will he shall turn it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:1The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:1The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD as the watercourses: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:1The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:1The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:1Rivulets of waters is the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:1The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he will.