David asked the young man who had brought him the report, ‘How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead? ’
Proverbs 25:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to investigate a matter. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: But the honour of kings is to search out a matter. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a thing. [Deut. 29:29; Rom. 11:33.] American Standard Version (1901) It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter. Common English Bible It is the glory of God to hide something and the glory of kings to discover something. Catholic Public Domain Version It is to the glory of God to conceal a word, and it is to the glory of kings to investigate speech. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is the glory of God to conceal the word, and the glory of kings to search out the speech. |
David asked the young man who had brought him the report, ‘How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead? ’
The king asked, ‘Did Joab put you up to all this? ’ The woman answered. ‘As you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or left from all my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave orders to me; he told your servant exactly what to say.
that a search should be made in your predecessors’ record books. In these record books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces. There have been revolts in it since ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
I issued a decree and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has had uprisings against kings since ancient times, and there have been rebellions and revolts in it.
So if it pleases the king, let a search of the royal archives in Babylon be conducted to see if it is true that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Let the king’s decision regarding this matter be sent to us.
King Darius gave the order, and they searched in the library of Babylon in the archives. ,
I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger.
Where were you when I established the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who argues with God give an answer.
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance? ’ Surely I spoke about things I did not understand, things too wondrous for me to know.
It is not good to eat too much honey or to seek glory after glory. ,
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.
I applied my mind to examine and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.
The Lord uprooted them from their land in his anger, rage, and intense wrath, and threw them into another land where they are today.”
The hidden things belong to the Lord our God, but the revealed things belong to us and our children for ever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.