The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
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The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.
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Matthew Henry · Verse 1
The believer, perceiving that the Lord rules every heart as he sees fit, like the husbandman who turns the water through his grounds as he pleases, seeks to have his own heart, and the hearts of others, directed in his faith, fear, and love.
Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.
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