Proverbs 20:2
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20:2The king’s terrifying anger4 is like the roar of a lion;
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- 4 Heb “the terror of a king” (so , ); The term “terror” is a metonymy of effect for cause: the anger of a king that causes terror among the people. The term “king” functions as a possessive genitive: “a king’s anger” (cf. “A king’s wrath”; “The king’s fury”).
- 5 The verb מִתְעַבְּרוֹ (mit’abbéro) is problematic; in the the form is the Hitpael participle with a pronominal suffix, which is unusual, for the direct object of this verb usually takes a preposition first: “is angry with.” The rendered it “angers [or, irritates].”
- 6 The expression “sins against himself” has been taken by some to mean “forfeits his life” (so , , , ) or “endangers his life” (cf. , ). That may be the implication of getting oneself in trouble with an angry king (cf. “making him angry is suicide”).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;
whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;
those who anger him forfeit their lives.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;
anyone who provokes him endangers himself.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The king’s fury is like a lion’s roar;
to rouse his anger is to risk your life.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Roaring like the lion is the dreaded anger of a king;
he who provokes him forfeits his life.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
Whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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