Proverbs 16:14
New International Version
A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but the wise will appease it.

New Living Translation
The anger of the king is a deadly threat; the wise will try to appease it.

English Standard Version
A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.

Berean Standard Bible
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

King James Bible
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

New King James Version
As messengers of death is the king’s wrath, But a wise man will appease it.

New American Standard Bible
The fury of a king is like messengers of death; But a wise person will appease it.

NASB 1995
The fury of a king is like messengers of death, But a wise man will appease it.

NASB 1977
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, But a wise man will appease it.

Legacy Standard Bible
The wrath of a king is like messengers of death, But a wise man will atone for it.

Amplified Bible
The wrath of a king is like a messenger of death, But a wise man will appease it.

Christian Standard Bible
A king’s fury is a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A king’s fury is a messenger of death, but a wise man appeases it.

American Standard Version
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The anger of the King becomes messengers of death and the wise man will assuage it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The anger of a king is a messenger of death; but a wise man will pacify him.

Contemporary English Version
An angry ruler can put you to death. So be wise! Don't make one angry.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death : and the wise man will pacify it.

English Revised Version
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A king's anger announces death, but a wise man makes peace with him.

Good News Translation
A wise person will try to keep the king happy; if the king becomes angry, someone may die.

International Standard Version
The king's wrath results in a death sentence, but whoever is wise will appease him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.

Literal Standard Version
The fury of a king [is] messengers of death, | And a wise man pacifies it.

Majority Standard Bible
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

New American Bible
The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise person can pacify it.

NET Bible
A king's wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.

New Revised Standard Version
A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, and whoever is wise will appease it.

New Heart English Bible
The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

Webster's Bible Translation
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

World English Bible
The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

Young's Literal Translation
The fury of a king is messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD
13Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved. 14The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. 15When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.…

Cross References
Genesis 40:2
Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips are a king's delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

Proverbs 16:15
When a king's face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

Proverbs 19:12
A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 29:8
Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.


Treasury of Scripture

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

wrath

Proverbs 19:12
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Proverbs 20:2
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Daniel 3:13
Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

messengers

Proverbs 17:11
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

2 Kings 6:31-33
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day…

Mark 6:27
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

but

Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Acts 12:20
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.

2 Corinthians 5:20
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

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Verse 14. - The wrath of a king is as messengers of death. In a despotic monarchy the death of an offender follows quickly on the offence. Anger the king, and punishment is at hand; instruments are always ready who will carry out the sentence, and that before time is given for reconsideration. The murder of Thomas a Becket will occur as an illustration (comp. Esther 7:8, etc). The LXX. translates, "The king's wrath is a messenger of death," taking the plural as put by enallage for the singular; but possibly the plural may intimate the many agents who are prepared to perform the ruler's behests, and the various means which he possesses for punishing offenders. This first clause implies, without expressly saying, that, such being the case, none but a fool will excite the monarch's resentment (comp. Ecclesiastes 8:4); then the second clause comes in naturally. But a wise man will pacify it. He will take care not to provoke that anger which gluts its resentment so quickly and so fatally (Proverbs 19:12; Proverbs 20:2). Septuagint, "A wise man will appease him," the king; as Jacob propitiated Esau by the present which he sent forward (Genesis 32:20, 21).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The wrath
חֲמַת־ (ḥă·maṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2534: Heat, anger, poison

of a king
מֶ֥לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

is a messenger
מַלְאֲכֵי־ (mal·’ă·ḵê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

of death,
מָ֑וֶת (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

but a wise
חָכָ֣ם (ḥā·ḵām)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2450: Wise

man
וְאִ֖ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

will pacify it.
יְכַפְּרֶֽנָּה׃ (yə·ḵap·pə·ren·nāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3722: To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel


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