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Proverbs 25:2

2 It is the glory of God to aconceal a matter,

But the glory of bkings is to search out a matter.

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Proverbs 25:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;

to search out a matter is the glory of kings.

Proverbs 25:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

It is the glory of God to conceal things,

but the glory of kings is to search things out.

Proverbs 25:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:

But the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

Proverbs 25:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

It is God’s privilege to conceal things

and the king’s privilege to discover them.

Proverbs 25:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,

But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

Proverbs 25:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

God is honored for what he keeps secret.

Kings are honored for what they can discover.

Proverbs 25:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing;

But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

Proverbs 25:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a thing.

Proverbs 25:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

It is the glory of God to hide things 

but the glory of kings to investigate them. 

Proverbs 25:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter

and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.

Proverbs 25:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

It is the glory of God to conceal things,

but the glory of kings is to search things out.

Proverbs 25:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The glory of God conceals things,

but the glory of kings searches out things.

Proverbs 25:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

When God hides a matter, he gets glory.

When kings figure out a matter, they get glory.


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