Proverbs

Proverbs 25:2–3

²It is the glory of God to conceal a matter

and the glory of kings to search it out.

³As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,

so the hearts of kings cannot be searched.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
It is the glory	כְּבֹ֣ד	kə·ḇōḏ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3519 abundance, honour, glory
of God	אֱ֭לֹהִים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
to conceal	הַסְתֵּ֣ר	has·têr	Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5641 hide, conceal
a matter	דָּבָ֑ר	dā·ḇār	Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
and the glory	וּכְבֹ֥ד	ū·ḵə·ḇōḏ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3519 abundance, honour, glory
of kings	מְ֝לָכִ֗ים	mə·lā·ḵîm	Noun - masculine plural	H4428 king
to search it out	חֲקֹ֣ר	ḥă·qōr	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H2713 search

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As the heavens	שָׁמַ֣יִם	šā·ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
are high	לָ֭רוּם	lā·rūm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H7312 height, haughtiness
and the earth	וָאָ֣רֶץ	wā·’ā·reṣ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
is deep	לָעֹ֑מֶק	lā·‘ō·meq	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6011 depth
so the hearts	וְלֵ֥ב	wə·lêḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
of kings	מְ֝לָכִ֗ים	mə·lā·ḵîm	Noun - masculine plural	H4428 king
cannot	אֵ֣ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
be searched	חֵֽקֶר׃	ḥê·qer	Noun - masculine singular	H2714 searching, thing (to be) searched out

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 25:2 Deuteronomy 29:29 · Romans 11:33–34 · Job 11:7–8 · Job 38:4–39:30 · Job 42:3 · 1 Kings 4:29–34 · Job 29:16 · 1 Kings 3:9–28 · Ezra 4:15 · Ezra 4:19 · Ezra 5:17–6:1 · Job 40:2

Proverbs 25:3 Psalm 103:11 · 1 Kings 4:29 · Isaiah 55:9 · Isaiah 7:11 · Romans 8:39 · 1 Peter 1:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.