Proverbs 28:15 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Like a roaring lion and a charging bear, so a wicked ruler is a threat to poor people.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

ASV:

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear,'so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

BBE:

Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

DBY:

A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

ERV:

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

JPS:

As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

WBS:

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

WEB:

As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

YLT:

A growling lion, and a ranging bear, Is the wicked ruler over a poor people.

Proverbs 28:15 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 1:14 and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them.

Proverbs 19:12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules, people groan.

Matthew 2:16 Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.

1 Peter 5:8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

28:15 [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] {h} a wicked ruler over the poor people.
(h) For he can never be satisfied but always oppresses and spoils.

MHC:

28:1 Sin makes men cowards. Whatever difficulties the righteous meet in the way of duty, they are not daunted. 2. National sins disturb the public repose. 3. If needy persons get opportunities of oppressing, their extortion will be more severe than that of the more wealthy. 4. Wicked people strengthen one another in wicked ways. 5. If a man seeks the Lord, it is a good sign that he understands much, and it is a good means of understanding more. 6. An honest, godly, poor man, is better than a wicked, ungodly, rich man; has more comfort in himself, and is a greater blessing to the world. 7. Companions of riotous men not only grieve their parents, but shame them. 8. That which is ill got, though it may increase much, will not last long. Thus the poor are repaid, and God is glorified. 9. The sinner at whose prayers God is angry, is one who obstinately refuses to obey God's commands. 10. The success of ungodly men is their own misery. 11. Rich men are so flattered, that they think themselves superior to others. 12. There is glory in the land when the righteous have liberty. 13. It is folly to indulge sin, and excuse it. He who covers his sins, shall not have any true peace. He who humbly confesses his sins, with true repentance and faith, shall find mercy from God. The Son of God is our great atonement. Under a deep sense of our guilt and danger, we may claim salvation from that mercy which reigns through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord. 14. There is a fear which causes happiness. Faith and love will deliver from the fear of eternal misery; but we should always fear offending God, and fear sinning against him. 15. A wicked ruler, whatever we may call him, this scripture calls a roaring lion, and a ranging bear. 16. Oppressors want understanding; they do not consult their own honour, ease, and safety. 17. The murderer shall be haunted with terrors. None shall desire to save him from deserved punishment, nor pity him.

CONC:

Bear Charging Evil Growling Helpless Lion Loud-voiced Poor Ranging Ravenous Roaring Ruler Ruling Rushing Wandering Wicked

Bear Charging Evil Growling Helpless Lion Poor Ravenous Roaring Ruler Ruling Rushing Wandering Wicked

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