Proverbs 16:15
In the light of a king's face [is] life, And his good-will [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
In Context
14The fury of a king [is] messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.
16To get wisdom — how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!
Cross References
Job 29:23And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain.
Psalms 21:6For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.
Psalms 72:6He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers — sprinkling the earth.
Proverbs 29:26Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah [is] the judgment of each.
Zechariah 10:1They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain [in] showers He doth give to them. To each — the herb in the field.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:15-16
14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. 15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. These two verses show the power of kings, which is every where great, but was especially so in those eastern countries, where they were absolute and arbitrary. Whom they would they slew and whom they would they kept alive. Their will was a law. We have reason to bless God for the happy constitution of the government we live under, which… Read the whole commentary →