Rashi, on Prov 16:14

“The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it.”

“The king’s wrath is like messengers of death, like messengers of death [but not angels of death]. will pacify it Will placate it.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.