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Proverbs 25:3
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As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
No one can measure the height of the skies or the depth of the earth. So also no one can understand the mind of a king.
As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
The heaven for hight, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable.
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the hearts and minds of kings are unsearchable.
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Heuene aboue, and the erthe bynethe, and the herte of kyngis is vnserchable.
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be searched.
Who can fully understand the thoughts of a ruler? They reach beyond the sky and go deep in the earth.
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.
Like the sky for height or the earth for depth is the heart of kings — unfathomable.
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
We cannot discover how high the sky is above us or how deep the earth is below. The same is true with the minds of kings. We cannot understand them.
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
The heauen for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of Kings is vnsearchable.
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the heart of kings is more than can be known.
Like the heavens for height, like the earth for depth, so the mind of kings is unsearchable.
The heaues in height, & the earth in deepenes, and the Kings heart can no man search out.
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of the king is unsearchable.
You never know what a king is thinking; his thoughts are beyond us, like the heights of the sky or the depths of the ocean.
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, but, the heart of kings, cannot be searched.
The heaven above and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the mind of kings is unsearchable.
The heauen is hye, the earth is deepe: and the kinges heart is vnsearcheable.
God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy.
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.
As the heavens for height, and the eretz for depth, So the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
As heaven is to height and the earth is to depth, so is the heart of kings—there is no searching.
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, but the heart of kings is unsearchable.
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings -- [are] unsearchable.
The heauen is hie, ye earth is depe, and ye kinges hert is vnsearcheable.
Like the horizons for breadth and the ocean for depth, the understanding of a good leader is broad and deep.
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth,So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
heaven: Psalms 103:11, Isaiah 7:11, Isaiah 55:9, Romans 8:39
is unsearchable: Heb. there is no searching, 1 Kings 4:29, 1 Peter 1:7
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 20:12 - sounded Job 11:8 - It is as high as heaven Psalms 15:3 - taketh up Isaiah 55:8 - General Romans 11:33 - the depth
Cross-References
There he proclaimed Ishbosheth king over Gilead, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, the land of the Ashurites, and all the rest of Israel.
When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, which brought honor to the name of the Lord , she came to test him with hard questions.
The caravans from Tema search for this water; the travelers from Sheba hope to find it.
The western kings of Tarshish and other distant lands will bring him tribute. The eastern kings of Sheba and Seba will bring him gifts.
I gave it to Dedan, Tema, and Buz, and to the people who live in distant places.
Turn and flee! Hide in deep caves, you people of Dedan! For when I bring disaster on Edom, I will punish you, too!
Therefore, says the Sovereign Lord , I will raise my fist of judgment against Edom. I will wipe out its people and animals with the sword. I will make a wasteland of everything from Teman to Dedan.
They carved your oars from the oaks of Bashan. Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus was inlaid with ivory.
"Dedan sent merchants to trade their expensive saddle blankets with you.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth,.... These are eminent for what are ascribed to them; nothing is higher than the heavens, nor anything deeper than the earth; the height of the heavens cannot be reached, and the centre of the earth cannot easily be got unto; the heavens above cannot be measured, and the foundation of the earth cannot be searched beneath; at least not by common persons, whatever may be done in their way by astronomers and geometricians. And thus, as the heavens and the earth are immeasurable, Jeremiah 31:37; so
the heart of kings [is] unsearchable; especially such an one as Solomon was, who had largeness of heart as the sand on the seashore: and this must be understood of such who have the art of governing; for some are so weak in their conduct, and so much expose themselves, that it is easy to see what is in their hearts, and what are the springs of their actions. Wise princes lay their schemes deep, and conceal their designs, and keep their reasons of state secret, so that it is not an easy thing to penetrate into their councils and views: for this does not so much respect the multitude of business they have upon their hearts and hands, as Jarchi and others understand it, as the privacy and secrecy in which they are managed, and the reasons of which are kept from common persons, Who therefore are not proper judges of them; and who yet will often take upon them to censure and condemn, when they are ignorant of the true cause of such conduct.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The other side of the thought of Proverbs 25:2. What the mind of God is to the searchers after knowledge, that the heart of the true and wise king is to those who try to guess its counsels.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 25:3. The heaven for height — The simple meaning of this is, the reasons of state, in reference to many acts of the executive government, can no more be fathomed by the common people, than the height of the heavens and the depth of the earth.
