Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 5099 [e] נַ֣הַם na-ham The roaring N-ms 3715 [e] כַּ֭כְּפִיר kak-kə-p̄îr of [is] like a lion Prep-k, Art | N-ms 367 [e] אֵ֣ימַת ’ê-maṯ the fear N-fsc 4428 [e] מֶ֑לֶךְ me-leḵ; of a king N-ms 5674 [e] מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗וֹ miṯ-‘ab-bə-rōw, [Whoever] provokes him to anger V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-msc | 3ms 2398 [e] חוֹטֵ֥א ḥō-w-ṭê sins V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 5315 [e] נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ nap̄-šōw. [against] his own life N-fsc | 3ms

New American Standard Bible
The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

King James Bible
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A king's terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

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