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Proverbs 20:2

2 The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;

He who provokes him to anger 1aforfeits his own life.

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Proverbs 20:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;

those who anger him forfeit their lives.

Proverbs 20:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;

whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.

Proverbs 20:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:

Whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Proverbs 20:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The king’s fury is like a lion’s roar;

to rouse his anger is to risk your life.

Proverbs 20:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion;

Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

Proverbs 20:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

An angry king is like a roaring lion.

Making him angry may cost you your life.

Proverbs 20:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:

He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

Proverbs 20:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Proverbs 20:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The rage of a king is like the roar of a lion. 

Whoever makes him angry forfeits his life. 

Proverbs 20:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;

anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

Proverbs 20:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion;

anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.

Proverbs 20:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Roaring like the lion is the dreaded anger of a king;

he who provokes him forfeits his life.

Proverbs 20:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

A king’s anger is like a lion’s roar.

Anyone who makes him angry may lose his life.


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