Proverbs 19:12
King James Version (KJV)
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
In context
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12 The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Proverbs 19:12 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
- WEB World English Bible
- The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The wrath of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass.