1 These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;

to search out a matter is the glory of kings.

3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,

so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

4 Remove the dross from the silver,

and a silversmith can produce a vessel;

5 remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,

and his throne will be established through righteousness.

1 These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied.

2 It is the glory of God to conceal things,

but the glory of kings is to search things out.

3 As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,

so the heart of kings is unsearchable.

4 Take away the dross from the silver,

and the smith has material for a vessel;

5 take away the wicked from the presence of the king,

and his throne will be established in righteousness.

1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:

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

3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth,

And the heart of kings is unsearchable.

4 Take away the dross from the silver,

And there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

5 Take away the wicked from before the king,

And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

1 These are more proverbs of Solomon, collected by the advisers of King Hezekiah of Judah.

2 It is God’s privilege to conceal things

and the king’s privilege to discover them.

3 No one can comprehend the height of heaven, the depth of the earth,

or all that goes on in the king’s mind!

4 Remove the impurities from silver,

and the sterling will be ready for the silversmith.

5 Remove the wicked from the king’s court,

and his reign will be made secure by justice.

1 These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah.

2 God is honored for what he keeps secret.

Kings are honored for what they can discover.

3 No one can measure the height of the skies or the depth of the earth.

So also no one can understand the mind of a king.

4 Remove the scum from the silver,

so the silver can be used by the silversmith.

5 Remove wicked people from the king’s presence;

then his government will be honest and last a long time.

1 These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing;

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

3 As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,

So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

4 Take away the dross from the silver,

And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

5 Take away the wicked from before the king,

And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a thing. 3 The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner: 5 take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

1 These also are Solomon’s proverbs that were copied 

by the men of King Hezekiah of Judah. 

2 It is the glory of God to hide things 

but the glory of kings to investigate them. 

3 ⸤Like⸥ the high heavens and the deep earth, 

so the mind of kings is unsearchable. 

4 Take the impurities out of silver, 

and a vessel is ready for the silversmith to mold. 

5 Take a wicked person away from the presence of a king, 

and justice will make his throne secure. 

1 These too are proverbs of Solomon,

which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied.

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter

and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.

3 As the heaven is high and the earth is deep,

so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.

4 Remove impurities from silver,

and a vessel will be produced for a silversmith.

5 Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,

and his throne will be established in righteousness.

1 These are other proverbs of Solomon that the officials of King Hezekiah of Judah copied.

2 It is the glory of God to conceal things,

but the glory of kings is to search things out.

3 Like the heavens for height, like the earth for depth,

so the mind of kings is unsearchable.

4 Take away the dross from the silver,

and the smith has material for a vessel;

5 take away the wicked from the presence of the king,

and his throne will be established in righteousness.

1 These are also proverbs of Solomon which officials of Hezekiah king of Judah copied:

2 The glory of God conceals things,

but the glory of kings searches out things.

3 As heaven is to height and the earth is to depth,

so is the heart of kings—there is no searching.

4 Remove the dross from silver,

and it will become a vessel for the smith.

5 Remove the wicked before a king,

and his throne will be established in righteousness.

1 These are more proverbs of Solomon. They were copied down by the men of Hezekiah, the king of Judah.

2 When God hides a matter, he gets glory.

When kings figure out a matter, they get glory.

3 The heavens are high and the earth is deep.

In the same way, the minds of kings are hard to figure out.

4 Remove the scum from the silver.

Then the master worker can make something.

5 Remove sinful people from where the king is.

When he does what is right, his kingdom will be secure.

1 These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.

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

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

3 As the heavens for height and the earth for depth,

So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

4 Take away the dross from the silver,

And there comes out a vessel for the smith;

5 Take away the wicked before the king,

And his throne will be established in righteousness.