The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
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Gill's Exposition
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death,.... Or, "angels of death", as the Targum. As the wrath of Ahasuerus was to Haman; when it is either discovered in the countenance of a king, or expressed…
Barnes' Notes
While Pro 16:13 depicts the king as he ought to be, this verse reminds us of the terrible rapidity with which, in the despotic monarchies of the East, punishment, even death, follows royal…
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…
Cambridge Bible
messengers of death The reckless fury of the Eastern despot (1Sa 22:16-18; Est 7:7-10; Dan 2:5) is but the abuse of the awful justice of the Archetypal King (Mat 22:7; Luk 19:27).
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