Verse List for PROV 25:2

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) It is God’s privilege to conceal a matter, ⇔ ^ and the king’s privilege to try to discover a matter.

OET-LV is_the _glory _of god to _conceal a _matter and_is_the_glory _of kings to _search _out a _matter.

ULT The glory of God, is to hide a matter, ⇔ but the glory of kings, is to search out a matter.

UST God shows how glorious he is when he makes something that is difficult for people to understand. ⇔  But kings show how glorious they are when they explain something that is difficult for people to understand.

BSB & MSB It is the glory of God to conceal a matter ⇔  and the glory of kings to search it out.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, ⇔  but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

NET It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, ⇔ and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

LSV The glory of God [is] to hide a thing,
And the glory of kings [is] to search out a matter.

FBV God's greatness is in doing things that can't be known, while the greatness of kings is in revealing things.

T4T ⇔  We consider God to be great because he ◄acts in mysterious ways/does things that we cannot understand►; ⇔  we consider kings to be great because they explain things.

LEB • The glory of God[fn] conceals things,
• but the glory of kings searches out things.

BBE It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

Moff Mystery is God’s glory, ⇔  but a king’s glory is to search out secrets.

JPS It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

ASV ⇔  It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; ⇔ But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

DRA It is the glory of God to conceal the word, and the glory of kings to search out the speech.

YLT The honour of God [is] to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.

Drby It is the glory of [fn]God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a thing.

RV It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

SLT The glory of God to conceal the word: and the glory of kings to search the word.

Wbstr It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.

KJB-1769 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

KJB-1611 It is the glory of God to conceale a thing: but the honour of Kings is to search out a matter.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps It is the glory of God to kepe a thing secrete: but the kynges honour is to searche out a thing.
(It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the kings honour is to search out a thing.)

Gnva The glorie of God is to conceale a thing secret: but the Kings honour is to search out a thing.
(The glory of God is to conceal a thing secret: but the Kings honour is to search out a thing.)

Cvdl It is the honor of God to kepe a thinge secrete, but ye kinges honor is to search out a thinge.
(It is the honour of God to keep a thing secret, but ye/you_all kings honour is to search out a thing.)

Wycl The glorie of God is to hele a word; and the glorie of kyngis is to seke out a word.
(The glory of God is to heal a word; and the glory of kings is to seek out a word.)

Luth Es ist Gottes Ehre, eine Sache verbergen; aber der Könige Ehre ist‘s, eine Sache erforschen.
(It is God’s Honour(v), a/one matter hide; but the/of_the king(s) Honour(v) it_is, a/one matter explore.)

ClVg [Gloria Dei est celare verbum, et gloria regum investigare sermonem.[fn]
([Glory of_God it_is hides the_word/saying, and glory of_kings to_investigate conversation.)

UHB כְּבֹ֣ד אֱ֭לֹהִים הַסְתֵּ֣ר דָּבָ֑ר וּ⁠כְבֹ֥ד מְ֝לָכִ֗ים חֲקֹ֣ר דָּבָֽר׃ ‡

BrLXX Δόξα Θεοῦ κρύπτει λόγον, δόξα δὲ βασιλέως τιμᾷ πράγματα.

BrTr The glory of God conceals a matter: but the glory of a king honours business.