Proverbs 21:1
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21:1The king’s heart1 is in the hand2 of the Lord like channels of water;3
he turns it wherever he wants.
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- 1 “Heart” is a metonymy of subject; it signifies the ability to make decisions, if not the decisions themselves.
- 2 “Hand” in this passage is a personification; the word is frequently used idiomatically for “power,” and that is the sense intended here.
- 3 “Channels of water” (פַּלְגֵי, palge) is an adverbial accusative, functioning as a figure of comparison—“like channels of water.” Cf. “Like a stream”; “watercourse”; , “a stream of water.” The farmer channels irrigation ditches where he wants them, where they will do the most good; so does the Lord with the king. No king is supreme; the Lord rules.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he turns it wherever he will.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
that he channels toward all who please him.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A king’s heart is like channeled water in the Lord’s hand:
He directs it wherever he chooses.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord;
he guides it wherever he pleases.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Streams of water are the heart of a king in the hand of Yahweh;
wherever he will desire, he will turn.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water:
He turneth it whithersoever he will.
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