Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people. New Living Translation A wicked ruler is as dangerous to the poor as a roaring lion or an attacking bear. English Standard Version Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people. Berean Standard Bible Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people. King James Bible As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. New King James Version Like a roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wicked ruler over poor people. New American Standard Bible Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people. NASB 1995 Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people. NASB 1977 Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people. Legacy Standard Bible Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people. Amplified Bible Like a roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people. Christian Standard Bible A wicked ruler over a helpless people is like a roaring lion or a charging bear. Holman Christian Standard Bible A wicked ruler over a helpless people is like a roaring lion or a charging bear. American Standard Version As a roaring lion, and a ranging 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf is he, who, being poor, rules over a poor nation. Contemporary English Version A ruler who mistreats the poor is like a roaring lion or a bear hunting for food. Douay-Rheims Bible As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people. English Revised Version As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people. GOD'S WORD® Translation [Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear, [so] a wicked ruler is a threat to poor people. Good News Translation Poor people are helpless against a wicked ruler; he is as dangerous as a growling lion or a prowling bear. International Standard Version A roaring lion and a charging bear— that's what a wicked tyrant is over poor people. JPS Tanakh 1917 As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; So is a wicked ruler over a poor people. Literal Standard Version A growling lion, and a ranging bear, | [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people. Majority Standard Bible Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people. New American Bible A roaring lion or a ravenous bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people. NET Bible Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people. New Revised Standard Version Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people. New Heart English Bible As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Boldness of the Righteous…14Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble. 15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people. 16A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.… Cross References Matthew 2:16 When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi. 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Exodus 1:14 and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh. Proverbs 19:12 A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan. Treasury of Scripture As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. a roaring Proverbs 20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. Hosea 5:11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: a ranging Proverbs 17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. 2 Kings 2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. Hosea 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. so Exodus 1:14-16,22 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour… 1 Samuel 22:17-19 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD… 2 Kings 15:16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. Jump to Previous Bear Charging Evil Growling Helpless Lion Poor Ravenous Roaring Ruler Ruling Rushing Wandering WickedJump to Next Bear Charging Evil Growling Helpless Lion Poor Ravenous Roaring Ruler Ruling Rushing Wandering WickedProverbs 28 1. general observations of impiety and integrity(15) A ranging bear--i.e., wandering hungrily in great want of food. Over the poor people--i.e., a people too weak to resist him, over whom he can tyrannise without fear. Verse 15. - A wicked ruler over the poor people; a people weak and resourceless. To such a powerful tyrant is as fatal as a roaring lion or a hungry bear prowling in quest of food. The prophets compare evil rulers to ravenous lions (see Jeremiah 4:7; Ezekiel 19:6). They are like lions in strength and cruelty, like bears in craft and ferocity. Septuagint, "A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf is he, who, being poor, rules over an indigent nation." The poverty of the subjects embitters the conduct of the ruler.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Like a roaringנֹ֭הֵם (nō·hêm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5098: To growl, groan lion אֲרִי־ (’ă·rî-) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 738: A lion or a charging שׁוֹקֵ֑ק (šō·w·qêq) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 8264: To course, to seek greedily bear וְדֹ֣ב (wə·ḏōḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1677: The bear is a wicked רָ֝שָׁ֗ע (rā·šā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person ruler מֹשֵׁ֥ל (mō·šêl) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign over עַ֣ל (‘al) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against a helpless דָּֽל׃ (dāl) Adjective - masculine singular construct Strong's 1800: Dangling, weak, thin people. עַם־ (‘am-) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Links Proverbs 28:15 NIVProverbs 28:15 NLT Proverbs 28:15 ESV Proverbs 28:15 NASB Proverbs 28:15 KJV Proverbs 28:15 BibleApps.com Proverbs 28:15 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 28:15 Chinese Bible Proverbs 28:15 French Bible Proverbs 28:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 28:15 As a roaring lion or a charging (Prov. 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