Proverbs 25:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.

Young's Literal Translation
The honour of God [is] to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.

King James Bible
[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

Hebrew
It is the glory
כְּבֹ֣ד (kə·ḇōḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

of God
אֱ֭לֹהִים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

to conceal
הַסְתֵּ֣ר (has·têr)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal

a matter
דָּבָ֑ר (dā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

and the glory
וּכְבֹ֥ד (ū·ḵə·ḇōḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

of kings
מְ֝לָכִ֗ים (mə·lā·ḵîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4428: A king

to search it out.
חֲקֹ֣ר (ḥă·qōr)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2713: To penetrate, to examine intimately

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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