12A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.


In Context

9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will perish.

10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury- how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

11 A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.

12 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 parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord .

Proverbs 19:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:12The king’s wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:12As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12The wrath of a king is a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew on the grass.