PRO 21:1 Parallel View

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ULT The heart of a king is channels of water in the hand of Yahweh;
 ⇔ he steers it according to all that he desires.

UST Yahweh directs what kings think like a farmer directs streams
⇔ to bring water anywhere he wants it to go.

BSB  ⇔ The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD;
⇔ He directs it where He pleases.

OEB The Lord guides the king’s heart like watercourses,
⇔ turning it whither He will.

WEB The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses.
⇔ He turns it wherever he desires.

WMB The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses.
⇔ He turns it wherever he desires.

NET The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water;
 ⇔ he turns it wherever he wants.

LSV The heart of a king [is] streams of waters in the hand of YHWH,
He inclines it wherever He pleases.

FBV The Lord directs the king's decisions like a stream of water that he sends whichever way he wants.

T4T Yahweh controls what kings do [MTY] like he controls how streams flow;
⇔ he causes kings to do just what he wants them to do.

LEB No LEB PRO 21:1 verse available

BBE The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever He will.

ASV The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses:
 ⇔ He turneth it whithersoever he will.

DRA As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will he shall turn it.

YLT Rivulets of waters [is] the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.

DBY The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is [as] brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

RV The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD as the watercourses: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

WBS The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD as the watercourses: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

KJB The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

BB The kynges heart is in the hand of the Lord, lyke as are the riuers of water, he maye turne it whyther soeuer he wyll.
(The kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, like as are the rivers of water, he may turn it whyther soeuer he wyll.)

GNV The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the riuers of waters: he turneth it whithersoeuer it pleaseth him.
(The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters: he turneth it whithersoeuer it pleaseth him.)

CB The kynges hert is in the hande of the LORDE, like as are the ryuers of water: he maye turne it whyther so euer he wyll.
(The kings heart is in the hand of the LORD, like as are the rivers of water: he may turn it whyther so ever he wyll.)

WYC As departyngis of watris, so the herte of the kyng is in the power of the Lord; whidur euer he wole, he schal bowe it.
(As departyngis of waters, so the heart of the king is in the power of the Lord; whidur ever he will, he shall bow it.)

LUT Des Königs Herz ist in der Hand des HErrn wie Wasserbäche, und er neiget es, wohin er will.
(Des kings Herz is in the Hand the HErrn like waterbäche, and he neiget es, wohin he will.)

CLV [Sicut divisiones aquarum, ita cor regis in manu Domini: quocumque voluerit, inclinabit illud.
([Sicut divisiones waterrum, ita heart regis in by_hand Domini: quocumque voluerit, inclinabit illud.)

BRN As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out.

BrLXX Ὥσπερ ὁρμὴ ὕδατος, οὕτως καρδία βασιλέως ἐν χειρὶ Θεοῦ, οὗ ἐὰν θέλων νεῦσαι ἐκεῖ ἔκλινεν αὐτήν.
(Hōsper hormaʸ hudatos, houtōs kardia basileōs en ⱪeiri Theou, hou ean thelōn neusai ekei eklinen autaʸn.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

לֶב־מֶ֭לֶךְ

heart king

The heart of a king refers to the heart of any king in general, not a specific king. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “The heart of any king”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֶב

heart

See how you translated the same use of heart in 2:2.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

פַּלְגֵי־מַ֣יִם & בְּ⁠יַד־יְהוָ֑ה & יַטֶּֽ⁠נּוּ

stream waters & in/on/at/with,hand YHWH & turns,it

In this verse, Solomon speaks of Yahweh using the heart of a king to accomplish his purposes as if the heart were water streams that he steers to go to the places where he wants them to go. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a synonym. Alternate translation: “is controlled by Yahweh to do” or “is controlled by Yahweh like a farmer controls streams to flow”

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