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Proverbs 21:1

Ọkàn ọba ń bẹ lọ́wọ́ Olúwa; a máa darí rẹ̀ lọ ibi tí ó fẹ́ bí ipa omi.

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Proverbs 21:1 in other translations

KJV King James Version

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

WEB World English Bible

The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

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In context

1 Ọkàn ọba ń bẹ lọ́wọ́ Olúwa; a máa darí rẹ̀ lọ ibi tí ó fẹ́ bí ipa omi.

2 Gbogbo ọ̀nà ènìyàn dàbí i pé ó dára lójú rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n, Olúwa ló ń díwọ̀n ọkàn.

3 Ṣíṣe ohun tí ó dára tí ó sì tọ̀nà ó ṣe ìtẹ́wọ́gbà sí Olúwa ju ẹbọ lọ.

4 Ojú tí ó gbéga àti ọkàn ìgbéraga, ìmọ́lẹ̀ àwọn ènìyàn búburú, ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ni!

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