Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
A roaring lion and a charging bear that's what a wicked tyrant is over poor people.
New American Standard Bible
Is a
King James Version
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Holman Bible
is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.
A Conservative Version
A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
American Standard Version
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear,'so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Amplified
Like a roaring lion and a charging bear
Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Bible in Basic English
Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.
Darby Translation
A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Julia Smith Translation
A roaring lion and a greedy bear the unjust one ruling over a poor people.
King James 2000
As a roaring lion, and a charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Modern King James verseion
Like a roaring lion and a ranging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like as a roaring lion and a hungry bear, even so is an ungodly prince over the poor people.
NET Bible
Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
New Heart English Bible
As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
The Emphasized Bible
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, is a lawless ruler, over a poor people.
Webster
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
World English Bible
As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
Youngs Literal Translation
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, Is the wicked ruler over a poor people.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 28:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
14 Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into disaster. 15 A roaring lion and a charging bear that's what a wicked tyrant is over poor people. 16 A Commander-in-Chief who is a cruel oppressor lacks understanding, but whoever hates unjust gain will live longer.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 2:16
Herod flew into a rage when he learned that he had been tricked by the wise men, so he ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem and all its neighboring regions, who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had determined from the wise men.
1 Peter 5:8
Be clear-minded and alert. Your opponent, the Devil, is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
Exodus 1:22
Meanwhile, Pharaoh continued commanding all of his people, "You're to throw every Hebrew son who is born into the Nile River, but you're to allow every Hebrew daughter to live."
2 Kings 21:16
In addition to this, Manasseh shed lots of innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another besides his sin by which he caused Judah to sin by practicing what the LORD considered to be evil.
Exodus 1:14-16
making their lives bitter through hard labor with mortar, bricks, and all kinds of outdoor labor. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.
1 Samuel 22:17-19
The king told the guards, who were standing beside him, "Turn and kill the priests of the LORD because they supported David, and because they knew he was fleeing, but didn't inform me." But the officials of the king did not want to lift their hands to attack the priests of the LORD.
2 Kings 2:24
He looked behind him, took note of the young men, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears emerged from the woods and mauled 42 of the young men.
2 Kings 15:16
At another time, Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all of its inhabitants, including its coastlands from Tirzah, because they would not open the city gate for him. After defeating them, he ripped open all of their pregnant women.
Esther 3:6-10
Because they had told him who the people of Mordecai were, Haman found it unacceptable to kill only Mordecai. So Haman sought to destroy all of Mordecai's people, the Jewish people, who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Proverbs 19:12
The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion, but his goodwill is like dew on the grass.
Proverbs 20:2
A king's anger is like a lion's roar; anyone who angers him forfeits his life.
Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is crushed, broken by judgment, because he willingly pursued idols.
Hosea 13:8
I will confront them like a bear deprived of her cubs; I will tear open their ribs. I will devour them like a lion the wild beasts will rip them apart.
Proverbs 17:12
It's better to meet a mother bear who has lost her cubs than a fool in his stupidity.