Verse Comparison: Proverbs 21:1
American Standard Version
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
Amplified® Bible
THE KING'S heart is in the hand of the Lord, as are the watercourses; He turns it whichever way He wills.
Contemporary English Version
The LORD controls rulers, just as he determines the course of rivers.
Darby English Version
The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is [as] brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Good News Bible
The LORD controls the mind of a king as easily as he directs the course of a stream.
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.
New American Standard Bible
The king's heart is {like} channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.
New International Version
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD;
he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.
New King James Version
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD,
Like the rivers of water;
He turns it wherever He wishes.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The king's heart resembles channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.
Revised Standard Version
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.
Young's Literal Translation
Rivulets of waters `is' the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.