The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death. The plural expresses manifold forms of death which are at the king's command. His wrath is fatal to him against whom he is incensed. It is all the same as if he denounced death against one.
But a wise man will pacify it - whereas the fool only exasperates it.