Focused Passage

Proverbs 25:2

Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control

The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.

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Verse 2

Original words

It is the gloryכְּבֹ֣דH3519Noun - masculine singular constructof Godאֱ֭לֹהִיםH430Noun - masculine pluralto concealהַסְתֵּ֣רH5641Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructa matterדָּבָ֑רH1697Noun - masculine singularand the gloryוּכְבֹ֥דH3519Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof kingsמְ֝לָכִ֗יםH4428Noun - masculine pluralto search it outחֲקֹ֣רH2713Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct. . .דָּבָֽר׃H1697Noun - masculine singular

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