Proverbs 21:1

KJ21

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

ASV

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

AMP

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it whichever way He wishes.

AMPC

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as are the watercourses; He turns it whichever way He wills.

BRG

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

CSB

A king’s heart is like channeled water in the Lord’s hand: He directs it wherever he chooses.

CEB

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; he directs it wherever he wants.

CJB

The king’s heart in Adonai’s hand is like streams of water — he directs it wherever he pleases.

CEV

The Lord controls rulers, just as he determines the course of rivers.

DARBY

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

DRA

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.

ERV

To the Lord, a king’s mind is like a ditch used to water the fields. He can lead the king wherever he wants him to go.

EASY

The Lord controls the things that a king decides to do. He can change the king's thoughts, like the direction of a stream.

EHV

A king’s heart is like streams of water in the hand of the Lord. He directs it wherever he desires.

ESV

The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.

ESVUK

The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.

EXB

·The Lord can control a king’s mind as he controls a river [^LThe heart of a king is a canal/stream in the hand of the Lord]; he can ·direct [turn; incline] it as he pleases.

GNV

The King’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of waters: he turneth it whithersoever it pleaseth him.

The king’s heart is like streams of water. Both are under the Lord’s control. He turns them in any direction he chooses.

GNT

The Lord controls the mind of a king as easily as he directs the course of a stream.

HCSB

A king’s heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand: He directs it wherever He chooses.

ICB

The Lord can control a king’s mind as easily as he controls a river. He can direct it as he pleases.

ISV

A king’s heart is a water stream that the Lord controls; he directs it wherever he pleases.

JUB

¶ The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water, he turns it wherever he will.

KJV

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

AKJV

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

LSB

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of Yahweh; He turns it wherever He pleases.

LEB

Streams of water are the heart of a king in the hand of Yahweh; wherever he will desire, he will turn.

TLB

Just as water is turned into irrigation ditches, so the Lord directs the king’s thoughts. He turns them wherever he wants to.

MSG

Good leadership is a channel of water controlled by God; he directs it to whatever ends he chooses.

MEV

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; He turns it to any place He will.

NOG

The king’s heart is like streams of water. Both are under Yahweh’s control. He turns them in any direction he chooses.

NABRE

A king’s heart is channeled water in the hand of the Lord; God directs it where he pleases.

NASB

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He pleases.

NASB1995

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He wishes.

NCB

A king’s heart is like a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he directs it wherever he pleases.

NCV

The Lord can control a king’s mind as he controls a river; he can direct it as he pleases.

NET

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

NIRV

In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is like a stream of water. The Lord directs it toward all those who please him.

NIV

In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.

NIVUK

In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels towards all who please him.

NKJV

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.

NLV

The heart of the king is like rivers of water in the hand of the Lord. He turns it where He wishes.

NLT

The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord; he guides it wherever he pleases.

NRSVA