PRO 28:15 Parallel Verse View

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ULT A lion growling and a bear charging
⇔ is a wicked ruler over a lowly people.

UST Wicked people who rule over poor people are as dangerous
⇔ as a roaring lion or attacking bear.

BSB ⇔ Like a roaring lion or a charging bear
⇔ is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

OEB A roaring lion, a prowling bear,
⇔ is a bad man who rules an impoverished people,

WEBBE As a roaring lion or a charging bear,
⇔ so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

WMBB (Same as above)

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

LSV A growling lion, and a ranging bear,
[Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.

FBV A wicked ruler lording it over poor people is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.

T4T ⇔ Wicked people who mistreat poor people whom they rule
⇔ are as dangerous to them as [SIM] a lion roaring at them or a bear springing up to attack them.

LEB • Like a roaring lion and a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

BBE Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

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JPS As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

ASV As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear,
⇔ So is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

DRA As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.

YLT A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.

Drby A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

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

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

KJB-1769 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

KJB-1611 As a roaring lyon and a ranging beare: so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.
(As a roaring lyon and a ranging beare: so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.)

Bshps As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people.
(As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an ungodly prince over the poor people.)

Gnva As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.
(As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. )

Cvdl Like as a roaringe lyon and an hongrie beer, euen so is an vngodly prynce ouer the poore people.
(Like as a roaringe lyon and an hungry beer, even so is an ungodly prince over the poor people.)

Wyc A rorynge lioun, and an hungry bere, is a wickid prince on a pore puple.
(A rorynge lion, and an hungry bere, is a wicked prince on a poor puple.)

Luth Ein GOttloser, der über ein arm Volk regieret, das ist ein brüllender Löwe und gieriger Bär.
(Ein Godloser, the/of_the above a arm people regieret, the is a brüllender Löwe and gieriger Bär.)

ClVg Leo rugiens et ursus esuriens, princeps impius super populum pauperem.
(Leo rugiens and ursus esuriens, prince impius over the_people pauperem. )

BrTr A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf is he, who, being poor, rules over a poor nation.

BrLXX Λέων πεινῶν καὶ λύκος διψῶν, ὃς τυραννεῖ, πτωχὸς ὢν, ἔθνους πενιχροῦ.
(Leōn peinōn kai lukos dipsōn, hos turannei, ptōⱪos ōn, ethnous peniⱪrou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

אֲרִי־נֹ֭הֵם וְ⁠דֹ֣ב שׁוֹקֵ֑ק מֹשֵׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע עַ֣ל עַם־דָּֽל

lion roaring and,bear charging ruler wicked on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in people poor

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “A wicked ruler over a lowly people is a lion growling and a bear charging”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֲרִי־נֹ֭הֵם וְ⁠דֹ֣ב שׁוֹקֵ֑ק

lion roaring and,bear charging

In this verse, Solomon speaks of a wicked ruler over a lowly people being frightening and dangerous as if he were A lion growling and a bear charging. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “Very dangerous” or “Like a lion growling or a bear charging”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מֹשֵׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע עַ֣ל עַם־דָּֽל

ruler wicked on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in people poor

Here, a wicked ruler and a lowly people refer to types of people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “is any wicked ruler over any lowly people”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דָּֽל

poor

See how you translated the same use of lowly in 10:15.

Note 5 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

עַם

people

See how you translated the same use of people in 11:14.

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