In the light
216 {0216} Primeאוֹר'owr{ore}
From H0215; illumination or (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.).
of the king's
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countenance
6440 {6440} Primeפָּנִיםpaniym{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun ( פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before, etc.).
[ is] life;
2416 {2416} Primeחַיchay{khah'-ee}
From H2421; alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively.
and his favour
7522 {7522} Primeרָצוֹןratsown{raw-tsone'}
From H7521; delight.
[ is] as a cloud
5645 {5645} Primeעָב`ab{awb}
Masculine and feminine; from H5743; properly an envelope, that is, darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically a (scud) cloud; also a copse.
of the latter rain.
4456 {4456} Primeמַלְקוֹשׁmalqowsh{mal-koshe'}
From H3953; the spring rain (compare H3954); figuratively eloquence. |
Proverbs 16:15
_ _ light of ... countenance — favor (Psalms 4:6).
_ _ life — preserves it, or gives blessings which make it valuable.
_ _ the latter rain — fell just before harvest and matured the crop; hence specially valuable (Deuteronomy 11:14). |
Proverbs 16:15
A cloud — As acceptable as those clouds which bring the latter rain, whereby the fruits are filled and ripened a little before the harvest. |
Proverbs 16:15
In the light of a king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] (i) as a cloud of the latter rain.
(i) Which is most comfortable to the dry ground. |
- the light:
Proverbs 19:12 The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.
Job 29:23-24 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain. ... [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Psalms 4:6 [There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Psalms 21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
Acts 2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
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- his:
Job 29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
Psalms 30:5 For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.
Psalms 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.
Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.
Zechariah 10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; [so] the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
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