Verse List for PROV 25:3

Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not necessarily natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible—click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed as a tool for doing comparisons of different translations—the older translations are further down the page (so you can read up from the bottom to trace the English translation history). The OET segments on this page are still early looks into the drafted texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible—please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.

B I ◄ ← Prov 25:3 ↓ → ► ═ ©

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

OET (OET-RV) The skies are high and the earth goes deep, ⇔ → and the motives of kings are unable to be predicted.

OET-LV heaven for_height and_earth for_depth and_the_heart _of kings there_is_not searching.

ULT Heavens for height and earth for depth, ⇔ and the heart of kings is not searchable.

UST As people cannot fully understand how high the sky is or how deep the earth is, ⇔  so they cannot fully understand what kings think.

BSB & MSB As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, ⇔  so the hearts of kings cannot be searched.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, ⇔  so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

NET As the heaven is high and the earth is deep ⇔ so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

LSV The heavens for height, and the earth for depth,
And the heart of kings—[are] unsearchable.

FBV Just as the height of the heavens or the depth of the earth can't be known, the king's thinking can't be known.

T4T ⇔  It is not possible for anyone to measure how high the sky is or how deep the earth/ocean is; ⇔  likewise [SIM], it is not possible for us to know all that kings are thinking.

LEB • As heaven is to height and the earth is to depth,
• so is the heart[fn] of kings—there is no searching.

BBE The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.

Moff High as heaven and deep as earth, ⇔  the king’s mind is a mystery

JPS The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

ASV As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, ⇔ So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

DRA The heaven above, and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

YLT The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings — [are] unsearchable.

Drby The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

RV The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

SLT The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings not searched out.

Wbstr The heaven for hight, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

KJB-1769 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]The heauen for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of Kings is vnsearchable.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and footnotes)

Bshps The heauen is hye, the earth is deepe: and the kinges heart is vnsearcheable.
(The heaven is high, the earth is deep: and the kings heart is unsearcheable.)

Gnva The heaues in height, and the earth in deepenes, and the Kings heart can no man search out.
(The heavens in height, and the earth in deepness, and the Kings heart can no man search out.)

Cvdl The heauen is hie, ye earth is depe, and ye kinges hert is vnsearcheable.
(The heaven is high, ye/you_all earth is deep, and ye/you_all kings heart is unsearcheable.)

Wycl Heuene aboue, and the erthe bynethe, and the herte of kyngis is vnserchable.
(Heaven above, and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is unserchable.)

Luth Der Himmel ist hoch und die Erde tief; aber der Könige Herz ist unerforschlich.
(The heaven is high and the earth/land/ground deep; but the/of_the king(s) heart is unerforschlich.)

ClVg Cælum sursum, et terra deorsum, et cor regum inscrutabile.[fn]
(The_sky up/above, and earth/land down, and heart of_kings inscrutabile.)

UHB שָׁמַ֣יִם לָ֭⁠רוּם וָ⁠אָ֣רֶץ לָ⁠עֹ֑מֶק וְ⁠לֵ֥ב מְ֝לָכִ֗ים אֵ֣ין חֵֽקֶר׃ ‡

BrLXX Οὐρανὸς ὑψηλὸς, γῆ δὲ βαθεῖα, καρδία δὲ βασιλέως ἀνεξέλεγκτος.

BrTr Heaven is high, and earth is deep, and a king's heart is unsearchable.