the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Proverbs 28:15
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A wicked ruler over a helpless peopleis like a roaring lion or a charging bear.
As a roaring lion or a charging bear, So is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
A wicked ruler is as dangerous to poor people as a roaring lion or a charging bear.
Like a roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
As a roaring lion or a charging bear, So is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.
Like a roaring lion and a rushing bearIs a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
A ruler who mistreats the poor is like a roaring lion or a bear hunting for food.
Like a roaring lion or a bear prowling for food is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
An evil ruler over those who are helpless is like an angry lion or a charging bear.
As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the poor.
Poor people are helpless against a wicked ruler; he is as dangerous as a growling lion or a prowling bear.
Like a roaring lion and a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
The wicked ruler is a roaring lion and a ranging bear over a poor people.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, So is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.
As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
As a roaring lyon and a ranging beare: so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.
As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people.
A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
A rorynge lioun, and an hungry bere, is a wickid prince on a pore puple.
[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Like a roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wicked ruler over poor people.
A wicked ruler is as dangerous to the poor as a roaring lion or an attacking bear.
A sinful ruler over poor people is like a lion making noise or a bear running to fight.
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, is a lawless ruler, over a poor people.
As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.
Lions roar and bears charge— and the wicked lord it over the poor.
Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a roaring: Proverbs 20:2, Hosea 5:11, 1 Peter 5:8
a ranging: Proverbs 17:12, 2 Kings 2:24, Hosea 13:8
so: Exodus 1:14-16, Exodus 1:22, 1 Samuel 22:17-19, 2 Kings 15:16, 2 Kings 21:16, Esther 3:6-10, Matthew 2:16
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 22:16 - Thou shalt 1 Samuel 23:10 - destroy the city 2 Samuel 17:8 - as a bear Psalms 10:9 - when Psalms 57:4 - among Proverbs 19:12 - king's Ecclesiastes 4:1 - and considered Ecclesiastes 4:13 - is a poor Isaiah 33:6 - wisdom Ezekiel 19:7 - and the land Ezekiel 32:2 - Thou art like Daniel 2:13 - the decree Zephaniah 3:3 - princes 2 Timothy 4:17 - and I Revelation 13:2 - and his feet
Cross-References
Be thou a strauger in this lande, and I wil be with the and blesse the. For vnto the and thy sede wyll I geue all this londe, and wyll perfourme myne ooth that I sware to thy father Abraham.
So Isaac let Iacob departe, that he might go in to Mesopotamia vnto Laban the sonne of Bethuel of Siria, ye brother of Rebecca, his and Esaus mother.
Now when Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed Iacob, and let him departe in to Mesopotamia, that he might take a wife there: and yt, as he blessed him, he charged him, & sayde: Thou shalt not take a wife of the doughters of Canaan,
and that Iacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone vnto Mesopotamia:
seynge also that Isaac his father loked not gladly vpon the doughters of Canaan,
and thy sede shal be as ye dust of ye earth. And thou shalt sprede forth towarde the west, east, north, and south: and thorow the and thy sede shall all the kynreds vpon earth be blessed.
Now whan Iacob awaked from his slepe, he saide: Surely the LORDE is in this place, and I knew not.
And Iacob made a vowe, and sayde: Yf God wyll be with me, and kepe me in this iourney yt I go & geue me bred to eate, and clothinge to put on,
and brynge me peaceably home agayne vnto my father: The shall the LORDE be my God,
And the LORDE sayde vnto him: Departe agayne to thy fatherlade, and to thy kynred, I wyll be with the.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear,.... Which are both terrible; the lion that roars for want of food, or when it is over its prey; and the hear, when it runs from place to place in quest of provision, being "hungry [and very] desirous" of food, has a keen appetite, as some think the word l signifies. The Targum and Jarchi take it to be expressive of the cry and roaring it makes at such a time, as well as the lion; see Isaiah 59:11; so the Tigurine version. "Roaring" is the proper epithet of a lion, and is frequently given it in Scripture, and in other writers m; and the bear, it is to have its name, in the Oriental language, from the growling and murmuring noise it makes when hungry; hence that of Horace n;
[so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people; one that rules over them in a tyrannical manner, sadly oppresses them, takes away the little from them they have, which is very cruel and barbarous; when he ought to protect and defend them, against whom they cannot stand, and whom they dare not resist; and who therefore must be as terrible to them, being as cruel and voracious as the above animals. Tyrants are frequently compared to lions, Jeremiah 4:7; and the man of sin, the wicked ruler and great oppressor of God's poor people, is compared to both; his feet are as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion, Revelation 13:2.
l שוקק "avidus", Pagninus, Montanus; "famelicus", Castalio, Schultens; "esuriens", V. L. Vatablus, Mercerus, Gejerus, Bochart; "adpetens", Michaelis. m "Leo fremit", Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 16. "Spumat aper, fluit unda, fremit leo, sibilat anguis"; Licentius de Protheo. n "Nec vespertinus circumgemit ursus ovile", Epod. Ode 16. v. 51.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The form of political wretchedness, when the poverty of the oppressed subjects not only embitters their sufferings, but exasperates the brutal ferocity of the ruler.