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Proverbs 20:2

In 11 translations

BSB: The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.Literally sins against his own soul
KJV: The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
WEB: The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
ASV: The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.
LSV: The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, || He who is causing him to be angry is wronging his soul.
YLT: The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.
DBY: The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
DRC: As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
GNV: The feare of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: hee that prouoketh him vnto anger, sinneth against his owne soule.
JPS: The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.
LXXE: The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר אֵ֣ימַת מֶ֑לֶךְ מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗וֹ חוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃
LXX-Br: Οὐ διαφέρει ἀπειλὴ βασιλέως θυμοῦ λέοντος, ὁ δὲ παροξύνων αὐτὸν ἁμαρτάνει εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν.

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Ecclesiastes 10:4If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
1 Kings 2:23Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
Hosea 11:10They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
Proverbs 16:14–15The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
Amos 3:8The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?
Habakkuk 2:10You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
Numbers 16:38As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the…

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