Proverbs 28:1
Strong's Lexicon
The wicked
רָשָׁ֑ע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

flee
נָ֣סוּ (nā·sū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5127: 1) to flee, escape 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to flee 1a2) to escape 1a3) to take flight, m depart, disappear 1a4) to fly (to the attack) on horseback 1b) (Polel) to drive at 1c) (Hithpolel) to take flight 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to put to flight 1d2) to drive hastily 1d3) to cause to disappear, hide

when no one
וְאֵין־ (wə·’ên-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of

pursues,
רֹדֵ֣ף (rō·ḏêp̄)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7291: 1) to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon 1a2) to persecute, harass (fig) 1a3) to follow after, aim to secure (fig) 1a4) to run after (a bribe) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be pursued 1b2) one pursued (participle) 1c) (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue 1d) (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away 1e) (Hiphil) to pursue, chase

but the righteous
וְ֝צַדִּיקִ֗ים (wə·ṣad·dî·qîm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6662: 1) just, lawful, righteous 1a) just, righteous (in government) 1b) just, right (in one's cause) 1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character) 1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God) 1e) right, correct, lawful

are as bold
יִבְטָֽח׃ (yiḇ·ṭāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 982: 1) to trust 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to trust, trust in 1a2) to have confidence, be confident 1a3) to be bold 1a4) to be secure 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to trust, make secure 2) (TWOT) to feel safe, be careless

as a lion.
כִּכְפִ֥יר (kiḵ·p̄îr)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3715: 1) young lion 2) village

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Young's Literal Translation
The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

New American Standard Bible
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

King James Bible
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

New Living Translation
The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the godly are as bold as lions.

English Standard Version
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

New American Standard Bible
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

King James Bible
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

International Standard Version
The wicked flee, though no one pursues, but the righteous are bold like a lion.

NET Bible
The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.

American Standard Version
The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.

English Revised Version
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Young's Literal Translation
The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
















Cross References
Leviticus 26:17
And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

Leviticus 26:36
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

2 Kings 7:7
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

Nehemiah 6:11
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

Psalm 53:5
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

Proverbs 27:27
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

Isaiah 30:17
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 27:26
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

Proverbs 27:25
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

Proverbs 28:2
For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
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