Proverbs 21:1

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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.

Darby Translation ☆

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

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

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

Noyes Bible ☆

As streams of water, So is the heart of the king in the hand of the LORD; He turneth it whithersoever he will.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Like brooks of water is a king's heart in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever it pleaseth him doth he turn it.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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.

World English Bible ☆

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

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

The lev melech is in the yad Hashem, as the channels of mayim; He directeth it wherever He will.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

قَلْبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ فِي يَدِ ٱلرَّبِّ كَجَدَاوِلِ مِيَاهٍ، حَيْثُمَا شَاءَ يُمِيلُهُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ရှင်ဘုရင်၏ စိတ်နှလုံးသည် ရေချောင်းကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်၍၊ ထာဝရဘုရား၏ လက်တော်၌ရှိသဖြင့်၊ အလို တော်ရှိသည်အတိုင်း လှည့်စေတော်မူ၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ရှင်ဘုရင် ၏ စိတ် နှလုံးသည် ရေ ချောင်း ကဲ့သို့ဖြစ်၍၊ ထာဝရဘုရား ၏ လက် တော်၌ ရှိသဖြင့်၊ အလို တော်ရှိသည်အတိုင်း လှည့် စေတော်မူ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Siangpahrang ih palung loe, vapui baktiah Angraeng ban ah oh moe, a koehhaih ahmuen bangah longh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Manghai kah a lungbuei tah sokca tui bangla BOEIPA kut dongah om tih, a ngaih bangla boeih a hoihaeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Manghai kah a lungbuei tah sokca tui bangla BOEIPA kut dongah om tih, a ngaih bangla boeih a hoihaeng.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

王的心在耶和华手中， 好像陇沟的水随意流转。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

王的心在耶和華手中， 好像隴溝的水隨意流轉。

World Chinese Bible ☆

王的心在耶和华手中，好像水道； 祂随自己的心意使它转向。

Croatian Bible ☆

Kraljevo je srce u ruci Jahve kao voda tekućica; vodi ga kuda god hoće.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Jako potůčkové vod jest srdce královo v ruce Hospodinově; kamžkoli chce, nakloňuje ho.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

En Konges hjerte er Bække i HERRENS hånd, han leder det hen, hvor han vil.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Des konings hart is in de hand des HEEREN als waterbeken. Hij neigt het tot al wat Hij wil.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

In Jahweh’s hand is het hart van een koning als een beekje; Hij leidt het, waarheen Hij wil.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kiel akvaj torentoj estas la koro de reĝo en la mano de la Eternulo: Kien Li volas, Li ĝin direktas.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Le cœur d’un roi, dans la main de l’ Éternel, est des ruisseaux d’eau ; il l’incline à tout ce qui lui plaît.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le cœur du roi est dans la main de l'Éternel comme une eau courante; il l'incline à tout ce qu'il veut.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le cœur du roi est un courant d’eau dans la main de l’Éternel; Il l’incline partout où il veut.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le cœur du roi est comme un cours d'eau dans la main du SEIGNEUR ; il l'incline partout où il veut.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Gleich Wasserbächen ist eines Königs Herz in der Hand Jehovas; wohin immer er will, neigt er es.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Des Königs Herz ist in der Hand des HERRN wie Wasserbäche, und er neigt es wohin er will.

German Textbibel ☆

Gleich Wasserbächen ist des Königs Herz in der Hand Jahwes; wohin er irgend will, lenkt er es.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Gleich Wasserbächen ist des Königs Herz in der Hand des HERRN; er leitet es, wohin er will.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ΩΣΠΕΡ ὁρμὴ ὕδατος, οὕτως καρδία βασιλέως ἐν χειρὶ Θεοῦ· οὗ ἐὰν θέλων νεύσῃ, ἐκεῖ ἔκλινεν αὐτήν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ὥσπερ ὁρμὴ ὕδατος, οὕτως καρδία βασιλέως ἐν χειρὶ Θεοῦ, οὗ ἐὰν θέλων νεῦσαι ἐκεῖ ἔκλινεν αὐτήν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Seyè a dirije lespri yon wa, menm jan li dirije yon kouran dlo nan kannal. Li mennen l' kote li vle.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

HE mau auwai ka naau o ke alii, iloko o ka lima o Iehova, Nana e hookahe ae e like me kona makemake.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

פַּלְגֵי־מַ֣יִם לֶב־מֶ֭לֶךְ בְּיַד־יְהוָ֑ה עַֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֖ר יַחְפֹּ֣ץ יַטֶּֽנּוּ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

פלגי מים לב מלך ביד יהוה על כל אשר יחפץ יטנו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Il cuor del re è nella mano del Signore come ruscelli di acque; Egli lo piega a tutto ciò che gli piace .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il cuore del re, nella mano dell’Eterno, è come un corso d’acqua; egli lo volge dovunque gli piace.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

王の心は主の手の中にある水路のようである。 主は望む所へそれを向ける。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

왕의 마음이 여호와의 손에 있음이 마치 보의 물과 같아서 그가 임의로 인도하시느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

LEUM GOD El leumi nunak lun sie tokosra, oana ke El oakiya fahsr lun soko infacl.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

[Sicut divisiones aquarum, ita cor regis in manu Domini: quocumque voluerit, inclinabit illud.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

دل پادشاه مثل نهرهای آب در دست خداوند است، آن را به هر سو که بخواهد برمی گرداند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O coração do rei está nas mãos do SENHOR como os canais de água. Ele o dirige para onde quer que deseje.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Como ribeiros de águas é o coração do rei na mão do SENHOR, ele o conduz para onde quer.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Inima împăratului este în mâna DOMNULUI, precum râurile de ape: el o întoarce oriîncotro voiește.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Инима ымпэратулуй есте ка ун рыу де апэ ын мына Домнулуй, пе каре ыл ындряптэ ынкотро вря.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Сердце царя - в руке Господа, как потоки вод: куда захочет, Он направляет его.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Srce je carevo u ruci Gospodu kao potoci vodeni; kuda god hoće, savija ga.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Срце је царево у руци Господу као потоци водени; куда год хоће, савија га.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omurhima gwa mwâmi kwo guli omu nfune za Nyakasane nka mugezi gwa mîshi, emunda alonzize yo anaguhengulira.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

COMO los repartimientos de las aguas, así está el corazón del rey en la mano de Jehová: á todo lo que quiere lo inclina.

Spanish BLL ☆

El corazón del rey es en manos de Yahvé como corrientes de agua; él lo dirige hacia donde quiere.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Como repartimientos de aguas es el corazón del rey en la mano de Yahvé; a todo lo que quiere lo inclina.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El corazón del rey en las manos del Señor es como las corrientes de agua, y por él se vuelve en cualquier dirección a su placer.

CC BY 4.0

Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Como los repartimientos de las aguas, Así el corazón del rey está en la mano de Yavé. A todo lo que quiere lo inclina.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku ʻi he nima ʻo Sihova ʻae loto ʻoe tuʻi, ʻo hangē ko e vai ʻoe ngaahi vaitafe: he ʻoku ne fefakatafoki ʻaki ia ko ʻene faʻiteliha ʻaʻana.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

В руках у Господа цареве серце; як розтоки води, він їх, куди захоче, справляє.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

В руках у Господа цареве серце; як розтоки води, він їх, куди захоче, справляє.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Lòng của vua ở trong tay Đức Giê-hô-va khác nào dòng nước chảy; Ngài làm nghiêng lệch nó bề nào tùy ý Ngài muốn.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

פַּלְגֵי־מַ֣יִם לֶב־מֶ֭לֶךְ בְּיַד־יְהוָ֑ה עַֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֖ר יַחְפֹּ֣ץ יַטֶּֽנּוּ׃