Proverbs 28:15
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English Standard Version
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

New American Standard Bible
Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A wicked ruler over a helpless people is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.

International Standard Version
A roaring lion and a charging bear— that's what a wicked tyrant is over poor people.

NET Bible
Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The lion roars and the bear has given a sound because an evil one rules over poor people.

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

King James 2000 Bible
As a roaring lion, and a charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

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

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

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

Young's Literal Translation
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, Is the wicked ruler over a poor people.
Lexicon
As a roaring
naham  (naw-ham')
to growl -- mourn, roar(-ing).
lion
'ariy  (ar-ee')
a lion -- (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).
and a ranging
shaqaq  (shaw-kak')
to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily -- have appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run (to and fro).
bear
dob  (dobe)
the bear (as slow) -- bear.
so is a wicked
rasha`  (raw-shaw')
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
ruler
mashal  (maw-shal')
to rule -- (have, make to have) dominion, governor, indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
over the poor
dal  (dal)
dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin -- lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
people
`am  (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
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