Proverbs 30:30

Contemporary English Version

Those fearless lions who rule the jungle,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
a lion, which is mightiest among beastsand doesn’t retreat before anything;

Hebrew Names Version
The lion, which is mightiest among animals, And doesn't turn away for any;

King James Version
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

English Standard Version
the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any;

New American Standard Bible
The lion, which is mighty among animals And does not retreat from anything,

New Century Version
a lion, the proudest animal, which is strong and runs from nothing,

Amplified Bible
The lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn back before any;

World English Bible
The lion, which is mightiest among animals, And doesn't turn away for any;

Geneva Bible (1587)
A lyon which is strong among beastes, and turneth not at the sight of any:

Legacy Standard Bible
The lion which is mighty among the animalsAnd does not turn back before any,

Berean Standard Bible
a lion, mighty among the beasts, and refusing to retreat before anything;

Complete Jewish Bible
the lion, mightiest of beasts, which turns aside for none;

Darby Translation
The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;

Easy-to-Read Version
a lion—he is the warrior of the animals and runs from nothing,

George Lamsa Translation
The lion which is mightiest among beasts, and neither fears nor turns back before any of the beasts:

Good News Translation
lions, strongest of all animals and afraid of none;

Lexham English Bible
a mighty lion among the beasts, but he will not turn back from any face;

Literal Translation
A lion is mighty among beasts, and he does not turn away from facing all;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A Lyon which is kynge of beastes, & geueth place to no man:

American Standard Version
The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;

Bible in Basic English
The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

King James Version (1611)
A lyon which is strongest among beastes, and turneth not away for any:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
A lion whiche is strongest among beastes, and shunneth not at the syght of any:

English Revised Version
The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A lioun, strongeste of beestis, schal not drede at the meetyng of ony man;

Update Bible Version
The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And does not turn away for any;

Webster's Bible Translation
A lion, [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

New English Translation
a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;

New King James Version
A lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn away from any;

New Living Translation
the lion, king of animals, who won't turn aside for anything,

New Life Bible
The lion, which is powerful among wild animals and does not turn away from any,

New Revised Standard
the lion, which is mightiest among wild animals and does not turn back before any;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;

Douay-Rheims Bible
A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth:

Revised Standard Version
the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any;

Young's Literal Translation
An old lion -- mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The lion which is mighty among beasts And does not retreat before any,

Contextual Overview

²⁹ Three or four creatures really strut around: ³⁰ Those fearless lions who rule the jungle, ³¹ those proud roosters, those mountain goats, and those rulers who have no enemies. ³² If you are foolishly bragging or planning something evil, then stop it now! ³³ If you churn milk you get butter; if you pound on your nose, you get blood— and if you stay angry, you get in trouble.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 23:24, Judges 14:18

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 1:23 - stronger

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 11:10
It's better land than you had in Egypt, where you had to struggle just to water your crops.

2 Corinthians 12:14
I am planning to visit you for the third time. But I still won't make a burden of myself. What I really want is you, and not what you have. Children are not supposed to save up for their parents, but parents are supposed to take care of their children.

1 Timothy 5:8
People who don't take care of their relatives, and especially their own families, have given up their faith. They are worse than someone who doesn't have faith in the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A lion, [which is] strongest among beasts,.... For what is stronger than a lion, or more courageous and undaunted? it walks with great majesty, very slowly, step by step, the left foot first; shaking its shoulders as it goes, as the philosopher h describes its going, and as here intended, and this without fear;

and turneth not away for any; it does not go out of its way for any creature it meets with; nor does it hasten its pace when pursued, nor show the lest sign of fear; nor does it turn its back to any; which is observed and confirmed by Aristotle i, Aelianus k, Pliny l, and other naturalists; particularly what Homer m and Virgil n say of this animal agrees with this account of Solomon. This creature is an emblem of Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, who is stronger than the strong man armed; who never turned his back to any of his enemies; nor turned aside from the way of his duty, or the work of his office, on account of any; not Herod the fox, who threatened to kill him; nor Satan, the roaring lion, when he knew he was on the march to meet him; nor any of those, who, though they had a band of soldiers, that came to take him; see Luke 13:31; and also it is an emblem of righteous men, who are as bold as a lion; and cannot be moved from their duty by anything they meet with, but remain steadfast and constant in it; see Proverbs 28:1.

h Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 2. c. 1. & Physog. c. 5. i Hist. Animal. l. 9. c. 44. k De Animal. l. 4. c. 34. l Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 16. m ευστε λεων ορεσιτροφος, &c. Iliad. 12. v. 299. n "Ceu saevum turba leonem", &c. Aeneid. l. 9. prope finem.