PRO 20:2 Parallel Verse View

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ULT The terror of a king is a growling like the young lion;
 ⇔ one who infuriates him is one who wrongs his life.

UST When kings are terrifyingly angry, they frighten people like the roaring of young lions frightens people;
⇔ people who make kings angry cause themselves to die.

BSB  ⇔ The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion;
⇔ whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.[fn]

20:2 Literally sins against his own soul

OEB The wrath of a king is like the growl of a lion,
⇔ and he who provokes him endangers his life.

WEB The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion.
⇔ He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

NET The king’s terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion;
 ⇔ whoever provokes him sins against himself.

LSV The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion,
He who is causing him to be angry is wronging his soul.

FBV When a king gets terribly angry, he sounds like a roaring lion; anyone who makes him furious is liable to be killed.

T4T  ⇔ Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like [SIM] being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars;
⇔ if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you.

LEB • is the dreaded anger of a king; he who provokes him forfeits his life.[fn]

?:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”

BBE The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

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JPS The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.

ASV The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
 ⇔ He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

DRA As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

YLT The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

DBY The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

RV The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

WBS The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

KJB The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
(The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. )

BB The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth against his owne soule.
(The fear of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh him unto anger, offendeth against his own soule.)

GNV The feare of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: hee that prouoketh him vnto anger, sinneth against his owne soule.
(The fear of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: he that prouoketh him unto anger, sinneth against his own soule. )

CB The kynge ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon, who so prouoketh him vnto anger, offendeth agaynst his owne soule.
(The king ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon, who so prouoketh him unto anger, offendeth against his own soule.)

WYC As the roryng of a lioun, so and the drede of the kyng; he that territh hym to ire, synneth ayens his owne lijf.
(As the roryng of a lioun, so and the drede of the kyng; he that territh him to ire, synneth against his own life.)

LUT Das Schrecken des Königs ist wie das Brüllen eines jungen Löwen; wer ihn erzürnet, der sündiget wider sein Leben.
(The Schrecken the kings is like the Brüllen one jungen Löwen; wer him/it erzürnet, the sündiget against his Leben.)

CLV Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis: qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam.[fn]
(Sicut rugitus leonis, ita and terror king: who provocat him peccat in animam suam.)

20.2 Luxuriosa res. Sequitur.

BRN The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.

BrLXX Οὐ διαφέρει ἀπειλὴ βασιλέως θυμοῦ λέοντος, ὁ δὲ παροξύνων αὐτὸν ἁμαρτάνει εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν.
(Ou diaferei apeilaʸ basileōs thumou leontos, ho de paroxunōn auton hamartanei eis taʸn heautou psuⱪaʸn. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֵ֣ימַת

severe_anger

See how you translated the abstract noun terror in 10:24.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

כַּ֭⁠כְּפִיר & מֶ֑לֶךְ מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗⁠וֹ חוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֽׁ⁠וֹ

like_the,lion & king provokes_~_toanger,him forfeits life,his

Here, a king, the young lion, one who infuriates, him, and his refer to types of people and young lions in general, not to specific people or a a specific young lion. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any king … like any young lion … any person who infuriates that king forfeits that person’s own life”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

נַ֣הַם כַּ֭⁠כְּפִיר

growling like_the,lion

See how you translated the same expression in 19:12.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

חוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֽׁ⁠וֹ

forfeits life,his

Here, in a polite way Solomon refers to causing one’s own death by using the phrase wrongs his life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more polite way of referring to this in your language, or you could state this plainly. Alternate translation: “will cause his end” or “will cause himself to be killed”

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