The Words of Agur
Proverbs 30:30
In 10 translations
- BSB
- a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
- KJV
- A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
- WEB
- The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn’t turn away for any;
- ASV
- The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;
- LSV
- An old lion—mighty among beasts, || That does not turn back from the face of any,
- YLT
- An old lion — mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,
- DBY
- The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
- DRC
- A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth:
- GNV
- A lyon which is strong among beastes, and turneth not at the sight of any:
- JPS
- The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- לַ֭יִשׁ גִּבּ֣וֹר בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה וְלֹא־יָ֝שׁ֗וּב מִפְּנֵי־כֹֽל׃
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Cross-references most cited first
- Numbers 23:24Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
- Judges 14:18Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved…
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