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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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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.

Original-language editions

WLC
לַ֭יִשׁ גִּבּ֣וֹר בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה וְלֹא־יָ֝שׁ֗וּב מִפְּנֵי־כֹֽל׃

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

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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