Sprüche 20:2

Lutherbibel

Das Schrecken des Königs ist wie das Brüllen eines jungen Löwen; wer ihn erzürnt, der sündigt wider sein Leben.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Der König ist zu fürchten wie ein brüllender Löwe; wer sich seinen Zorn zuzieht, verwirkt sein Leben.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fear: Proverbs 16:14, Proverbs 16:15, Proverbs 19:12, Ecclesiastes 10:4, Hosea 11:10, Amos 3:8

sinneth: Proverbs 8:36, 1 Kings 2:23

Reciprocal: Numbers 16:38 - sinners Esther 1:12 - was the king Proverbs 24:22 - who Proverbs 28:15 - a roaring Proverbs 29:24 - hateth Proverbs 30:31 - against Ecclesiastes 8:4 - the word Ecclesiastes 10:16 - and Daniel 2:12 - General Amos 1:2 - The Lord Romans 13:3 - rulers Romans 13:4 - be 2 Timothy 4:17 - and I 1 Peter 5:8 - as

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion,.... The wrath and displeasure of a king, which causes fear; see Proverbs 19:12; kings should be terrors to evil works and workers, though not to good ones, Romans 13:3. This is true of the King of kings, who one day will be terrible to the drunkards, the mockers, and murderers of his people, before spoken of;

[whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul; he exposes his life to danger: the Targum supplies it as we do. It may be rendered, his "soul sinneth" a; he is guilty of sin, as well as is in danger of punishment; see Proverbs 8:36.

a חוטא נפשו.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sinneth against his own soul - i. e., Against his own life (compare Habakkuk 2:10).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:2. The fear of a king — Almost the same with Proverbs 19:12, which see.