Proverbs 19:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.”
Proverbs 19:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 19:12 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 19:12 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 19:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.”
Proverbs 19:12 — World English Bible
Proverbs 19:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.”
Proverbs 19:12 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 19:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“The wrath of a king <FI>is<Fi> a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.”
Proverbs 19:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 19:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.”
Proverbs 19:12 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 19:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.”
Proverbs 19:12 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 19:12 in Context — Proverbs 19
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.
12 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.
What Does Proverbs 19:12 Mean?
Proverbs 19:12 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 19. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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