Proverbs 16:14
“The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacifie it.”
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Proverbs 16:14 Context
12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickednesse: for the throne is established by righteousnesse. 13Righteous lips are the delight of kings: and they loue him that speaketh right. 14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacifie it. 15In the light of the kings countenance is life, and his fauour is as a cloude of the latter raine. 16How much better is it to get wisedome, then gold? and to get vnderstanding, rather to be chosen then siluer?
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The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
- King James Version
The fury of a king is {like} messengers of death, But a wise man will appease it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The wrath of a king is `as' messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.
- Basic English Bible
The fury of a king is [as] messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.
- Darby Bible
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
- Webster's Bible
The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
- World English Bible
The fury of a king [is] messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.
- Youngs Literal Bible
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible