Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
New American Standard Bible
But his favor is like
King James Version
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Holman Bible
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
International Standard Version
The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion, but his goodwill is like dew on the grass.
A Conservative Version
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Amplified
The king’s wrath terrifies like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is as [refreshing and nourishing as] dew on the grass.
Bible in Basic English
The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
Darby Translation
The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Julia Smith Translation
The king's wrath growling as the young lion, and his acceptance as dew upon the grass.
King James 2000
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The rage of a king growls like a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Modern King James verseion
The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion; but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The king's disfavor is like the roaring of a Lion, but his friendship is like the dew upon the grass.
NET Bible
A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
New Heart English Bible
The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
The Emphasized Bible
The growl as of a young lion, is the rage of a king, but, like dew upon the grass, is his good pleasure.
Webster
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
World English Bible
The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Youngs Literal Translation
The wrath of a king is a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.
Themes
Citizens » Wicked and treasonable
Grass » Refreshed by rain and dew
Lions » Figurative » Of a ruler's anger
Lions » Illustrative » (roaring of,) of a king's wrath
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
11 The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass. 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:14-15
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.
Hosea 14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Psalm 133:3
Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.
Proverbs 20:2
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.
Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear,'so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
2 Samuel 23:4
He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass'springeth out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
Esther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
Psalm 72:6
He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
Ecclesiastes 8:4
For the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Daniel 2:12-13
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 3:19-23
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Daniel 5:19
and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.
Daniel 6:24
And the king commanded, and they brought those men that had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.
Micah 5:7
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
Luke 12:4-5
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.