The Meaning of Proverbs 16:15 Explained

Proverbs 16:15

KJV: In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

YLT: In the light of a king's face is life, And his good-will is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Darby: In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

ASV: In the light of the king's countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In the light  of the king's  countenance  [is] life;  and his favour  [is] as a cloud  of the latter rain. 

What does Proverbs 16:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 16

1  The Plans of the heart

What do the individual words in Proverbs 16:15 mean?

In the light of the face and king's [is] life and his favor [is] Like a cloud of the latter rain
בְּאוֹר־ פְּנֵי־ מֶ֥לֶךְ חַיִּ֑ים וּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹ כְּעָ֣ב מַלְקֽוֹשׁ

בְּאוֹר־  In  the  light 
Parse: Preposition, Noun, common singular construct
Root: אֹור  
Sense: light.
פְּנֵי־  of  the  face 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
מֶ֥לֶךְ  and  king's 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
חַיִּ֑ים  [is]  life 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
וּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹ  and  his  favor  [is] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רָצֹון  
Sense: pleasure, delight, favour, goodwill, acceptance, will.
כְּעָ֣ב  Like  a  cloud 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct
Root: עָב 
Sense: darkness, cloud, thicket.
מַלְקֽוֹשׁ  of  the  latter  rain 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַלְקֹושׁ  
Sense: latter rain, spring rain.