King James Version
Proverbs 25:2 in the King James Version says “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.”
Proverbs 25:2 · KJV
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. is: Heb. there is no searching
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“It is the glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“a matter”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“It is the glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
“a matter”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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