Proverbs 28:15
What does Proverbs 28:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 28:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Asa roaring lion, and a ranging bear, So isa wicked ruler over a poor people.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Asa roaring lion, and a ranging bear, So isa wicked ruler over a poor people.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A growling lion, and a ranging bear, <FI>Is<Fi> the wicked ruler over a poor people.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command.
- 2 Kings 2:24
And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two lads of them.
- Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.
- 2 Kings 15:16
Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
- Proverbs 20:2
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.
- Hosea 13:8
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
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