Proverbs 16:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The wrath of a king is [as] messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֲמַת־מֶ֥לֶךְ מַלְאֲכֵי־מָ֑וֶת וְאִ֖ישׁ חָכָ֣ם יְכַפְּרֶֽנָּה׃

Transliteration

ḥămat-melek malʾăkê-māwet and-ʾîš ḥākām yᵉkapprennāh

Grammar Details

• *ḥămat*: noun, feminine, singular construct - wrath of
• *melek*: noun, masculine, singular - king
• *malʾăkê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - messengers of
• *māwet*: noun, masculine, singular - death
• *wᵉ*: conjunction - and
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine, singular - man/person
• *ḥākām*: adjective, masculine, singular - wise
• *yᵉkapprennāh*: verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - will appease it/pacify it/atone for it

Word Meanings

• *ḥămat-melek*: wrath of king/king's anger/royal fury
• *malʾăkê-māwet*: messengers of death/harbingers of death
• *yᵉkapprennāh*: will appease it/will pacify it/will turn it away

Referenced Verses

• Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
• Prov 20:2 : 2 The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life.
• Eccl 10:4 : 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.
• Dan 3:13-25 : 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said unto them, Is it of purpose, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that ye serve not my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands? 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace {H2298} seven times more than it was wont to be heated. 20 And he commanded certain mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, [and] to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their hosen, their tunics, and their mantles, and their [other] garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spake and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. 25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the aspect of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
• Mark 6:27 : 27 And straightway the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
• Luke 12:4-5 : 4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
• Acts 12:20 : 20 Now he was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: and they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's {G1909} chamberlain their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was fed from the king's country.
• 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech [you] on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
• 2 Kgs 6:31-33 : 31 Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. 32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him? 33 And while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?
• Prov 17:11 : 11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.