Proverbs 25:3
The Shomayim for height, and Eretz for depth, 1 so the lev melachim is unsearchable. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
In Context
2It is the Kavod Elohim to conceal a thing, 1 but the kavod melachim is to search out a matter. 1
Cross References
Isaiah 7:11Ask thee an ot (sign) of Hashem Eloheicha; ask it either in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.
Romans 8:39Neither height nor depth nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the ahavas Hashem which is in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:3-4
Prudential Maxims. 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. Here is, 1. An instance given of the honour of God: It is his glory to conceal a matter. He needs not search into any thing, for he perfectly knows every thing by a clear and certain view, and nothing can be hidden from him; and yet his own way is in the sea and his path in the great waters. There is an… Read the whole commentary →