Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is like dew on the grass.

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

A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion,
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.

American Standard 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

זעף 
Za`aph 
Usage: 6

is as the roaring
נהם 
Naham 
Usage: 2

of a lion
כּפיר 
K@phiyr 
Usage: 32

but his favour
רצן רצון 
Ratsown 
Usage: 56

is as dew
טל 
Tal 
dew
Usage: 31

References

American

Dew

Fausets

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

11 Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. 12 The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:14-15

A king's wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;

Psalm 133:3

It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORDhas commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

Proverbs 20:2

The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

2 Samuel 23:4

he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth

Esther 7:8

And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. And the king said, "Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?" As the word left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman's face.

Psalm 72:6

May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!

Ecclesiastes 8:4

For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him, "What are you doing?"

Daniel 2:12-13

Because of this the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

Daniel 3:19-23

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated.

Daniel 5:19

And because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions--they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which delay not for a man nor wait for the children of man.

Luke 12:4-5

"I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.

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