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Proverbs 21:1

NETBible	The king’s heart¹ is in the hand² of the Lord like channels of water;³ he turns it wherever he wants.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 21:1	The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 21:1	The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 21:1	The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the LORD; he turns it wherever he pleases.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 21:1	Good leadership is a channel of water controlled by God; he directs it to whatever ends he chooses.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 21:1	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 21:1	The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 21:1	The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.
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KJV	The king's <04428> heart <03820> [is] in the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068>_, [as] the rivers <06388> of water <04325>_: he turneth <05186> (8686) it whithersoever he will <02654> (8799)_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 21:1	The king's <04428> heart <03820> is like channels <06388> of water <04325> in the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> ; He turns <05186> it wherever <05921> <3605> <0834> He wishes <02654> .
LXXM	wsper <3746> ADV ormh <3730> N-NSF udatov <5204> N-GSN outwv <3778> ADV kardia <2588> N-NSF basilewv <935> N-GSM en <1722> PREP ceiri <5495> N-DSF yeou <2316> N-GSM ou <3739> R-GSM ean <1437> CONJ yelwn {V-PAPNS} neush <3506> V-FMI-2S ekei <1563> ADV eklinen <2827> V-IAI-3S authn <846> D-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	The king’s <04428> heart <03820> is in the hand <03027> of the Lord <03068> like channels <06388> of water <04325> ; he turns <05186> it wherever <0834> <03605> <05921> he wants <02654> .
HEBREW	wnjy <05186> Upxy <02654> rsa <0834> lk <03605> le <05921> hwhy <03068> dyb <03027> Klm <04428> bl <03820> Mym <04325> yglp (21:1) <06388>

NETBible

The king’s heart¹ is in the hand² of the Lord like channels of water;³ he turns it wherever he wants.

NET Notes

¹sn “Heart” is a metonymy of subject; it signifies the ability to make decisions, if not the decisions themselves.

²sn “Hand” in this passage is a personification; the word is frequently used idiomatically for “power,” and that is the sense intended here.

³tn “Channels of water” (פַּלְגֵי, palge) is an adverbial accusative, functioning as a figure of comparison – “like channels of water.” Cf. NAB “Like a stream”; NIV “watercourse”; NRSV, NLT “a stream of water.”

³sn The farmer channels irrigation ditches where he wants them, where they will do the most good; so does the Lord with the king. No king is supreme; the Lord rules.