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Amsal 28:15

Seperti singa yang meraung atau beruang yang menyerbu, demikianlah orang fasik yang memerintah rakyat yang lemah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bear;   Poor;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Animals;   Bears;   The Topic Concordance - Government;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Bear, the;   Magistrates;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bear;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bear;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Hunting;   Proverbs, Book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Bear;   Roar;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bear;   Range;   Ruler;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bear;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Lion;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Seperti singa yang meraung atau beruang yang menyerbu, demikianlah orang fasik yang memerintah rakyat yang lemah.

Contextual Overview

15 As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people.

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

Genesis 26:3
Soiourne in this lande, and I wyl be with thee, and wyll blesse thee: for vnto thee and vnto thy seede I wyll geue all these countreys, and I wyll perfourme the othe whiche I sware vnto Abraham thy father.
Genesis 28:5
Thus Isahac sent foorth Iacob: and he went towarde Mesopotamia, vnto Laban, sonne of Bethuel the Syrian, and brother to Rebecca Iacob and Esaus mother.
Genesis 28:6
When Esau sawe that Isahac had blessed Iacob, and sent hym to Mesopotamia to fet hym a wyfe from thence, and that as he blessed him, he gaue him a charge, saying, thou shalt not take a wyfe of the daughters of Chanaan:
Genesis 28:7
And that Iacob had obeyed his father and mother, and was gone to Mesopotamia:
Genesis 28:8
And Esau seyng also that the daughters of Chanaan pleased not Isahac his father:
Genesis 28:14
And thy seede shalbe as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spreade abrode to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south: and in thee, and in thy seede, shall all the kynredes of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 28:16
When Iacob was awaked out of his sleepe, he sayde: Surely the Lorde is in this place, and I knewe it not.
Genesis 28:20
And Iacob vowed a vowe, saying: Yf God wyll be with me, and wyll kepe me in this iourney in which I go, and wyll geue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on:
Genesis 28:21
So that I come agayne vnto my fathers house in saftie: then shal the Lord be my God.
Genesis 31:3
And the Lorde sayde vnto Iacob: turne agayne into the lande of thy fathers, and to thy kynrede, and I wyll be with thee.

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.


 
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