Proverbs 25:3
Modern Translations
New International Version
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

New Living Translation
No one can comprehend the height of heaven, the depth of the earth, or all that goes on in the king’s mind!

English Standard Version
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Berean Study Bible
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be searched.

New American Standard Bible
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

NASB 1995
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

NASB 1977
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Amplified Bible
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the hearts and minds of kings are unsearchable.

Christian Standard Bible
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As the heaven is high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.

Contemporary English Version
Who can fully understand the thoughts of a ruler? They reach beyond the sky and go deep in the earth.

Good News Translation
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Like] the high heavens and the deep earth, so the mind of kings is unsearchable.

International Standard Version
Just as the heavens are high and earth is deep, so the heart of a king is unfathomable.

NET Bible
As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

New King James Version
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

King James 2000 Bible
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

New Heart English Bible
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

World English Bible
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

American King James Version
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

American Standard Version
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

A Faithful Version
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, but the heart of kings is without searching.

Darby Bible Translation
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

English Revised Version
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Webster's Bible Translation
The heaven for hight, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The heaues in height, & the earth in deepenes, and the Kings heart can no man search out.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(25:2) The heauen is hye, the earth is deepe: and the kinges heart is vnsearcheable.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The heauen is hie, ye earth is depe, and ye kinges hert is vnsearcheable.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, "" And the heart of kings—[are] unsearchable.

Young's Literal Translation
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings -- are unsearchable.

Smith's Literal Translation
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings not searched out.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The heaven above, and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Heaven above, and earth below, and the heart of kings are each unsearchable.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The Heavens are high and the Earth deep, and the heart of the King is unsearchable.

Lamsa Bible
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of the king is unsearchable.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Heaven is high, and earth is deep, and a king's heart is unsearchable.
















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