Proverbs 20:2

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

Bible in Basic English ☆

The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.

Darby Translation ☆

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

The feare of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: hee that prouoketh him vnto anger, sinneth against his owne soule.

Noyes Bible ☆

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion; He who provoketh him sinneth against himself.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Like the roaring of a young lion is the dread of a king: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.

King James Version ☆

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: Whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

Webster Bible ☆

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Revised Version ☆

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; And he that provokes him sins against his own soul.

World English Bible ☆

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

World English Bible Classic ☆

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

World English Bible Updated ☆

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

World Messianic Bible ☆

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

The wrath of a melech is as the roaring of a lion; he who provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own nefesh.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

رُعْبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ كَزَمْجَرَةِ ٱلْأَسَدِ. ٱلَّذِي يُغِيظُهُ يُخْطِئُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ရှင်ဘုရင်ကြောက်စေသော အမှုအရာသည် ခြင်္သေ့ဟောက်ခြင်းနှင့်တူ၏။ အမျက်တော်ကို နှိုးဆော် သောသူသည် မိမိအသက်ကို ပြစ်မှား၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ရှင်ဘုရင် ကြောက် စေသော အမှုအရာသည် ခြင်္သေ့ ဟောက် ခြင်းနှင့် တူ၏။ အမျက်တော်ကို နှိုးဆော် သောသူသည် မိမိ အသက် ကို ပြစ်မှား ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Siangpahrang palungphuihaih loe kahang kaipui kabtiah oh; anih palungphui han sah kami loe a hinghaih zaehaih sahsak kami ah oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Manghai kah a mueirhih tah sathueng kah a kawk bangla om tih, anih aka paan ngawn tah a hinglu ni a. phai coeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Manghai kah a mueirhih tah sathueng kah a kawk bangla om tih, anih aka paan ngawn tah a hinglu ni a phai coeng.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

王的威吓如同狮子吼叫； 惹动他怒的，是自害己命。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

王的威嚇如同獅子吼叫； 惹動他怒的，是自害己命。

World Chinese Bible ☆

王的威吓如同狮子吼叫； 激怒他的，是自害己命。

Croatian Bible ☆

Kraljev je gnjev kao rika lavlja: tko ga izaziva, griješi protiv sebe samog.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Hrůza královská jako řvání mladého lva; kdož ho rozhněvá, hřeší proti životu svému.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Som Løvebrøl er Rædslen, en Konge vækker, at vække hans Vrede er at vove sit Liv.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

De schrik des konings is als het brullen eens jongen leeuws; die zich tegen hem vergramt, zondigt tegen zijn ziel.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Een toornig koning brult als een leeuw; Wie hem prikkelt, vergrijpt zich aan zichzelf.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Minaco de reĝo estas kiel kriego de leono; Kiu lin kolerigas, tiu pekas kontraŭ sia animo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

La terreur du roi est comme le rugissement d’un jeune lion : qui l’irrite, pèche contre sa propre âme.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

La menace du roi est comme le rugissement d'un jeune lion; celui qui l'irrite pèche contre soi-même.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

La terreur qu’inspire le roi est comme le rugissement d’un lion; Celui qui l’irrite pèche contre lui-même.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

La terreur qu'inspire un roi est comme le rugissement d'un lion ; celui qui le met en colère met sa propre vie en péril.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Des Königs Schrecken ist wie das Knurren eines jungen Löwen; wer ihn gegen sich aufbringt, verwirkt sein Leben.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

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

German Textbibel ☆

Wie eines Jungleuen Brüllen ist des Königs Schrecken; wer sich seinen Zorn zuzieht, verwirkt sein Leben.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

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

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

οὐ διαφέρει ἀπειλὴ βασιλέως θυμοῦ λέοντος, ὁ δὲ παροξύνων αὐτὸν ἁμαρτάνει εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Οὐ διαφέρει ἀπειλὴ βασιλέως θυμοῦ λέοντος, ὁ δὲ παροξύνων αὐτὸν ἁμαρτάνει εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lè yon wa ankòlè, se tankou yon lyon k'ap gwonde. Moun ki mete l' ankòlè a, se pwòp tèt li l'ap fè mal.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

He uwo ana me he liona la, ka weliweli i ke alii; O ka mea hoonaukiuki ia ia, hoeha no oia i kona uhane iho.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר אֵ֣ימַת מֶ֑לֶךְ מִ֝תְעַבְּרֹ֗ו חֹוטֵ֥א נַפְשֹֽׁו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

נהם ככפיר אימת מלך מתעברו חוטא נפשו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Il terrore del re è come il ruggito del leoncello ; Chi lo provoca ad indegnazione pecca contro a sè stesso.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il terrore che incute il re è come il ruggito d’un leone; chi lo irrita pecca contro la propria vita.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

王の恐ろしさは獅子のほえる声のようである。 王を怒らせる者は自分の命を失う。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

왕의 진노는 사자의 부르짖음 같으니 그를 노하게 하는 것은 자기의 생명을 해하는 것이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Kom in sangeng ke kasrkusrak lun sie tokosra oana ke kom sangeng ke ngutngut lun soko lion. Kom fin akkasrkusrakye sie tokosra, kom sifacna eiskomyang nu ke misa.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis: qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

هیبت پادشاه مثل غرش شیر است، و هر‌که خشم او را به هیجان آورد، به‌جان خود خطامی ورزد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O terror provocado pelo rei é como o rugido de um leão. Quem o provoca à ira peca contra a sua própria vida.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O temor ao rei é como um rugido de leão; e quem se ira contra ele peca contra sua própria alma.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Spaima unui împărat este ca răgetul unui leu; oricine îl provoacă la mânie păcătuiește împotriva propriului suflet.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Фрика пе каре о инсуфлэ ымпэратул есте ка рэкнетул унуй леу; чине ыл супэрэ пэкэтуеште ымпотрива са ынсушь.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Гроза царя - как бы рев льва: кто раздражает его, тот грешит против самого себя.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Strah je carev kao rika mladog lava; ko ga draži, greši svojoj duši.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Страх је царев као рика младог лава; ко га дражи, греши својој души.

Mashi Bible ☆

Okukaliha kwa mwâmi, kwo kuyôrha nka mululumo gwa ngoromora; omujira burhè anacîzûkize nyammanjà.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Como bramido de cachorro de león es el terror del rey: el que lo hace enfurecerse, peca contra su alma.

Spanish BLL ☆

El enojo del rey es como el rugido de un león; quien lo provoca pone en peligro su propia vida.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Como rugido de león es el terror del rey; el que lo hace enfurecer peca contra su propia alma.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

La ira de un rey es como el fuerte grito de un león; el que lo enoja hace lo malo contra sí mismo.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Como rugido de león es la ira del rey, El que provoca su ira expone su propia vida.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko e tuputāmaki ʻoe tuʻi ʻoku hangē ko e ngungulu ʻae laione; pea ko ia ʻoku ne fakatupu ʻene houhau ʻoku fai angahala ia ki hono laumālie ʻoʻona.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Царська грізьба — як би рик левин; хто його до гнїву будить, шкодить собі самому.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Царська грізьба — як би рик левин; хто його до гнїву будить, шкодить собі самому.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Sự oai khiếp của vua giống như sư tử gầm hét; Ai chọc giận người ắt phạm đến mạng sống mình.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר אֵ֣ימַת מֶ֑לֶךְ מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗וֹ חוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃