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Proverbs 21:1
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KJ21
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, He turneth it whithersoever He will.
ASV
The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
AMP
The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it whichever way He wishes.
AMPC
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as are the watercourses; He turns it whichever way He wills.
BRG
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
CSB
A king’s heart is like channeled water in the Lord’s hand: He directs it wherever he chooses.
CSBA
A king’s heart is like channelled water in the Lord’s hand: He directs it wherever he chooses.
CEB
The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; he directs it wherever he wants.
CJB
The king’s heart in Adonai’s hand is like streams of water — he directs it wherever he pleases.
CEV
The Lord controls rulers, just as he determines the course of rivers.
DARBY
The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is [as] brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
DRA
As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will he shall turn it.
ERV
To the Lord, a king’s mind is like a ditch used to water the fields. He can lead the king wherever he wants him to go.
EASY
The Lord controls the things that a king decides to do. He can change the king's thoughts, like the direction of a stream.
EHV
A king’s heart is like streams of water in the hand of the Lord. He directs it wherever he desires.
ESV
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
ESVUK
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
EXB
·The Lord can control a king’s mind as he controls a river [L The heart of a king is a canal/stream in the hand of the Lord]; he can ·direct [turn; incline] it as he pleases.
GNV
The King’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters: he turneth it whithersoever it pleaseth him.
GW
The king’s heart is like streams of water. Both are under the Lord’s control. He turns them in any direction he chooses.
GNT
The Lord controls the mind of a king as easily as he directs the course of a stream.
HCSB
A king’s heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand: He directs it wherever He chooses.
ICB
The Lord can control a king’s mind as easily as he controls a river. He can direct it as he pleases.
ISV
A king’s heart is a water stream that the Lord controls; he directs it wherever he pleases.
JUB
¶ The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water, he turns it wherever he will.
KJV
The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
AKJV
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
LSB
The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of Yahweh; He turns it wherever He pleases.
LEB
Streams of water are the heart of a king in the hand of Yahweh; wherever he will desire, he will turn.
TLB
Just as water is turned into irrigation ditches, so the Lord directs the king’s thoughts. He turns them wherever he wants to.
MSG
Good leadership is a channel of water controlled by God; he directs it to whatever ends he chooses.
MEV
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; He turns it to any place He will.
NOG
The king’s heart is like streams of water. Both are under Yahweh’s control. He turns them in any direction he chooses.
NABRE
A king’s heart is channeled water in the hand of the Lord; God directs it where he pleases.
NASB
The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He pleases.
NASB1995
The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He wishes.
NCB
A king’s heart is like a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he directs it wherever he pleases.
NCV
The Lord can control a king’s mind as he controls a river; he can direct it as he pleases.
NET
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
NIRV
In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is like a stream of water. The Lord directs it toward all those who please him.
NIV
In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.
NIVUK
In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels towards all who please him.
NKJV
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.
NLV
The heart of the king is like rivers of water in the hand of the Lord. He turns it where He wishes.
NLT
The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord; he guides it wherever he pleases.
NRSVA
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
NRSVACE
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
NRSVCE
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
NRSVUE
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
OJB
The lev melech is in the yad Hashem, as the channels of mayim; He directeth it wherever He will.
RGT
In the hand of the LORD, the king’s heart is as the rivers of waters. He turns it wherever it pleases him.
RSV
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
RSVCE
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
TLV
A king’s heart is like a stream of water in the hand of Adonai; he directs it wherever He wants.
VOICE
The king’s heart is like a channel of water directed by the Eternal: He chooses which way He bends it.
WEB
The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
WYC
As partings of waters, so the heart of the king is in the power of the Lord; whither ever he will, he shall bow it. (Like out-flowings of water, is the king’s heart in the Lord’s hand; he shall turn it wherever he will, or desireth.)
YLT
Rivulets of waters [is] the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.
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