Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak to you soft words?
Proverbs 25:15 - Revised Standard Version With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition By long forbearance and calmness of spirit a judge or ruler is persuaded, and soft speech breaks down the most bonelike resistance. [Gen. 32:4; I Sam. 25:24; Prov. 15:1; 16:14.] American Standard Version (1901) By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Common English Bible A commander can be persuaded with patience, and a tender tongue can break a bone. Catholic Public Domain Version By patience, a leader shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness. |
Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak to you soft words?
A king's wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for deference will make amends for great offenses.
He scraped it out into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave some to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion.
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.