Proverbs 21:1
Proverbs 21:1 — The New International Version (NIV)
1 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
that he channels toward all who please him.
Proverbs 21:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)
1 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he turns it wherever he will.
Proverbs 21:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water:
He turneth it whithersoever he will.
Proverbs 21:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)
1 The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord;
he guides it wherever he pleases.
Proverbs 21:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,
Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.
Proverbs 21:1 — New Century Version (NCV)
1 The Lord can control a king’s mind as he controls a river;
he can direct it as he pleases.
Proverbs 21:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1 The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses:
He turneth it whithersoever he will.
Proverbs 21:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1 The king’s heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Proverbs 21:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 A king’s heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand:
He directs it wherever He chooses.
Proverbs 21:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he turns it wherever he will.
Proverbs 21:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
1 Streams of water are the heart of a king in the hand of Yahweh;
wherever he will desire, he will turn.
Proverbs 21:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord.
He directs it like a stream of water anywhere he pleases.
Proverbs 21:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
1 The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns it wherever He wishes.