American Standard Version (1901)
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs 25:2
84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament
ASV Byzantine Text
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Asang Khongca Bible
Sithaw lensawkhaih loe amtueng ai ah kaom hmuen maeto ah oh; toe hmuen maeto kawng pakronghaih loe siangpahrangnawk lensawkhaih ah oh.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs
Pathen kah thangpomnah loh olka te a thuh tih, manghai kah thangpomnah long tah olka te a khe.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Pathen kah thangpomnah loh olka te a thuh tih, manghai kah thangpomnah long tah olka te a khe.
Hawaiian Bible 1868
He mea nani i ke Akua ke huna i kekahi mea; He mea nani hoi i na'lii ke imi aku.
English Berean Standard Bible
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
Haitian Creole Bible 1985
Bondye konnen lè pou l' kite nou konprann, se sa ki fè pouvwa li. Wa yo toujou ap chache konprann, se sa ki fè moun respekte yo.
Clementine Vulgate 1598
[Gloria Dei est celare verbum, et gloria regum investigare sermonem.
Bible in Basic English
It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.
French: Bible J.N. Darby
La gloire de Dieu est de cacher une chose, et la gloire des rois est de sonder une chose.
Czech Kralická Bible 1613
Sláva Boží jest skrývati věc, ale sláva králů zpytovati věc.
Kosraean Bible
Kut akfulatye God ke ma El okanla liki kut, ac kut akfulatye tokosra uh ke ma elos aketeya nu sesr.
World Portuguese Bible
A glória de Deus é ocultar uma coisa, mas a glória dos reis é investigar o assunto.
Romanian BTF Bible
Este gloria lui Dumnezeu să ascundă un lucru, dar onoarea împăraților este să cerceteze un lucru.
Brenton English Septuagint
The glory of God conceals a matter: but the glory of a king honours business.
Burmese Common Language Bible
အမှုအရေးကို ဝှက်ထားခြင်းသည် ဘုရားသခင် ၏ ဘုန်းတော်နှင့် သင်၏။ ရှင်ဘုရင်မူကား၊ အမှုအရေးကို စစ်ကြောခြင်းအားဖြင့် ဂုဏ်အသရေတည်၏။
Darby Translation
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a thing.
German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible
Gottes Ehre ist es, eine Sache zu verbergen, aber der Könige Ehre, eine Sache zu erforschen.
Dutch Bible 1917
Het is Gods eer een zaak te verbergen; maar de eer der koningen een zaak te doorgronden.
Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius
Het is de glorie van God, iets verborgen te houden, De glorie der koningen, het uit te zoeken.
Italian Diodati Bible
La gloria di Dio è di celar la cosa ; Ma la gloria dei re è d'investigare la cosa .
Douay-Rheims 1899
It is the glory of God to conceal the word, and the glory of kings to search out the speech.
Geneva Bible 1599
The glorie of God is to conceale a thing secret: but the Kings honour is to search out a thing.
Noyes Bible
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But it is the glory of kings to search out a matter.
Danish Bible 1931
Guds Ære er det at skjule en Sag, Kongers Ære at granske en Sag.
Leeser Tanakh
It is the honor of God to conceal a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
King James Version
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
King James Version + Apocrypha
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Vietnamese Bible 1923
Giấu kín việc nào, ấy là vinh hiển của Đức Chúa Trời; Nhưng dò xét điều nào, ấy là vinh hiển của các vua.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: But the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revised West Version
Ko e nāunau ia ʻoe ʻOtua ke fakafufū ha meʻa: ka ko e meʻa ʻe ongoongolelei ai ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ke kumi ke ʻilo ʻae ngaahi meʻa.
French Ostervald Bible
La gloire de Dieu est de cacher les choses; mais la gloire des rois est de sonder les affaires.
Esperanto Bible
Honoro de Dio estas kaŝi aferon; Sed honoro de reĝoj estas esplori aferon.
French Louis Segond 1910 Bible
La gloire de Dieu, c’est de cacher les choses; La gloire des rois, c’est de sonder les choses.
German Luther Bible 1912
Es ist Gottes Ehre, eine Sache verbergen; aber der Könige Ehre ist's, eine Sache zu erforschen.
LXX2012 U. S. English
The glory of God conceals a matter: but the glory of a king honors business.
British English Septuagint 2012
The glory of God conceals a matter: but the glory of a king honours business.
Majority Standard BIble
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
Webster Bible
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
Revised Version
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Italian Riveduta Bible
E’ gloria di Dio nascondere le cose; ma la gloria dei re sta nell’investigarle.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
La gloire de Dieu est de cacher une chose, mais la gloire des rois est d'en sonder le fond.
Reina Valera 1909
Gloria de Dios es encubrir la palabra; mas honra del rey es escudriñar la palabra.
Spanish BLL
Es un honor para Dios ocultar un asunto, pero es un honor para los reyes investigar los hechos.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
Gloria de Dios es ocultar un asunto, mas la gloria de los reyes es escudriñar la palabra.
Croatian Bible
Slava je Božja sakrivati stvar, a slava kraljevska istraživati je.
Serbian DK Bible (Latin)
Slava je Božija skrivati stvar, a slava je carska istraživati stvar.
German Textbibel
Es ist Gottes Ehre, eine Sache verbergen, aber der Könige Ehre ist's, eine Sache erforschen.
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
The glory of God conceals a matter: But the glory of a king honors business.
Hebrew OT (WLC)
כְּבֹ֣ד אֱ֭לֹהִים הַסְתֵּ֣ר דָּבָ֑ר וּכְבֹ֥ד מְ֝לָכִ֗ים חֲקֹ֣ר דָּבָֽר׃
World English Bible
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
World English Bible (Catholic)
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
World English Bible British Edition
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
World English Bible Classic
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
World English Bible Updated
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
World Messianic Bible
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
World Messianic Bible British Edition
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Young's Literal Translation
The honour of God [is] to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.
SEPTUAGINTA
Δόξα Θεοῦ κρύπτει λόγον, δόξα δὲ βασιλέως τιμᾷ πράγματα.
Brenton Septuagint
Δόξα Θεοῦ κρύπτει λόγον, δόξα δὲ βασιλέως τιμᾷ πράγματα.
Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)
Слава луй Думнезеу стэ ын аскундеря лукрурилор, дар слава ымпэрацилор стэ ын черчетаря лукрурилор.
Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish
Господня слава в тому, щоб справи в тайнї скривати, а честь царів — розвідувати дїло.
Ukrainian Freedom Bible
Господня слава в тому, щоб справи в тайнї скривати, а честь царів — розвідувати дїло.
Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)
Слава је Божија скривати ствар, а слава је царска истраживати ствар.
Russian Synodal Bible
Слава Божия - облекать тайною дело, а слава царей - исследовать дело.
Hebrew Masoretic OT
כְּבֹ֣ד אֱ֭לֹהִים הַסְתֵּ֣ר דָּבָ֑ר וּכְבֹ֥ד מְ֝לָכִ֗ים חֲקֹ֣ר דָּבָֽר׃
Modern Hebrew Bible
כבד אלהים הסתר דבר וכבד מלכים חקר דבר׃
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
مَجْدُ ٱللهِ إِخْفَاءُ ٱلْأَمْرِ، وَمَجْدُ ٱلْمُلُوكِ فَحْصُ ٱلْأَمْرِ.
Old Persion Version Bible
مخفی داشتن امر جلال خدا است، و تفحص نمودن امر جلال پادشاهان است.
Judson Burmese Bible
အမှု အရေးကို ဝှက်ထား ခြင်းသည် ဘုရား သခင်၏ ဘုန်း တော်နှင့် သင့်၏။ ရှင်ဘုရင် မူကား၊ အမှု အရေးကို စစ်ကြော ခြင်းအားဖြင့်ဂုဏ် အသရေတည်၏။
Korean Bible 1910
일을 숨기는 것은 하나님의 영화요 일을 살피는 것은 왕의 영화니라
Japanese Freedom Bible
事を隠すことは神の栄光であり、 事を探り出すことは王たちの栄光である。
World Chinese Bible
将事情隐藏是上帝的荣耀， 将事情查明是君王的荣耀。
Chinese Union Version (simplified)
将事隐秘乃 神的荣耀； 将事察清乃君王的荣耀。
Chinese Union Version (traditional)
將事隱祕乃上帝的榮耀； 將事察清乃君王的榮耀。
Portuguese Bíblia Livre
É glória de Deus encobrir alguma coisa; mas a glória dos Reis é investigá-la.
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Mashi Bible
Okufulika omwanzi, libà irenge lya Nyamuzinda, ci okusholera olubanja libà irenge lya mwâmi.
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German Schlachter Bible 1951
Es ist Gottes Ehre, eine Sache zu verbergen, aber der Könige Ehre, eine Sache zu erforschen.
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La Biblia en Español Sencillo
Es la gloria de Dios guardar una cosa en secreto; pero la gloria de los reyes es escudriñarlos.
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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)
Gloria de ʼElohim es encubrir un asunto, Pero honra del rey es escudriñarlo.
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible
It is the Kavod Elohim to conceal a thing, but the kavod melachim is to search out a matter.
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