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

2 It 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 glory כְּבֹ֣ד H3519 Noun - masculine singular construct of God אֱ֭לֹהִים H430 Noun - masculine plural to conceal הַסְתֵּ֣ר H5641 Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct a matter דָּבָ֑ר H1697 Noun - masculine singular and the glory וּכְבֹ֥ד H3519 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of kings מְ֝לָכִ֗ים H4428 Noun - masculine plural to search it out חֲקֹ֣ר H2713 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct . . . דָּבָֽר׃ H1697 Noun - masculine singular

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