Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The king's wrath results in a death sentence, but whoever is wise will appease him.
New American Standard Bible
But a wise man will appease it.
King James Version
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Holman Bible
but a wise man appeases it.
A Conservative Version
The wrath of a king is messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
American Standard Version
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.
Amplified
The wrath of a king is like a messenger of death,
But a wise man will appease it.
Bible in Basic English
The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.
Darby Translation
The fury of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.
Julia Smith Translation
The king's wrath, messengers of death: and a wise man shall expiate it
King James 2000
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will appease it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The wrath of a king [is] a messenger of death, but one who is wise will appease it.
Modern King James verseion
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will quiet it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The king's displeasure is a messenger of death; but a wise man will pacify him.
NET Bible
A king's wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.
New Heart English Bible
The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
The Emphasized Bible
The wrath of a king, meaneth messengers of death, but, a man who is wise, will appease it.
Webster
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
World English Bible
The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
Youngs Literal Translation
The fury of a king is messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 16:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
13 Kings take pleasure in righteous speech; they treasure a person who speaks what is upright. 14 The king's wrath results in a death sentence, but whoever is wise will appease him. 15 When a king is pleased, there is life, and his favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 19:12
The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion, but his goodwill is like dew on the grass.
Proverbs 20:2
A king's anger is like a lion's roar; anyone who angers him forfeits his life.
2 Kings 6:31-33
He said, "May God do to me and more also! if the head of Shaphat's son Elisha remains on his shoulders today!"
Proverbs 17:11
A rebellious person seeks evil; a cruel emissary will be sent to oppose him.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If your overseer gets angry at you, don't resign, because calmness pacifies great offenses.
Daniel 3:13-25
Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage and furiously ordered that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought before him.
Mark 6:27
So without delay the king sent a soldier and ordered him to bring John's head. The soldier went and beheaded him in prison.
Luke 12:4-5
"But I tell you, my friends, never be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can't do anything more.
Acts 12:20
Now Herod had been in a violent quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him as a group. After they had won over Blastus, who oversaw security for the king's sleeping quarters, they asked for a peace agreement because their country depended on the king's country for food.
2 Corinthians 5:20
Therefore, we are the Messiah's representatives, as though God were pleading through us. We plead on the Messiah's behalf: "Be reconciled to God!"