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OET-LV [is]_a_lion roaring and_bear rushing a_ruler wicked over a_people poor.
UHB אֲרִי־נֹ֭הֵם וְדֹ֣ב שׁוֹקֵ֑ק מֹשֵׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע עַ֣ל עַם־דָּֽל׃ ‡
(ʼₐrī-nohēm vədoⱱ shōqēq moshēl rāshāˊ ˊal ˊam-ddāl.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
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,
WEB As a roaring lion or a charging bear,
⇔ so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
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.
MOF No MOF PRO book available
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.
DBY 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.
WBS As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
KJB As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
(As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. )
BB 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.)
GNV 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. )
CB 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 hongrie beer, even so is an ungodly prynce over the poor people.)
WYC A rorynge lioun, and an hungry bere, is a wickid prince on a pore puple.
(A rorynge lioun, and an hungry bere, is a wicked prince on a poor people.)
LUT Ein GOttloser, der über ein arm Volk regieret, das ist ein brüllender Löwe und gieriger Bär.
(Ein Godloser, the above a arm people regieret, the is a brüllender Löwe and gieriger Bär.)
CLV Leo rugiens et ursus esuriens, princeps impius super populum pauperem.
(Leo rugiens and ursus esuriens, prince impius over the_people pauperem. )
BRN 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. )
28:15 A wicked ruler will not help the poor because his rule is not just. Like a roaring lion or an attacking bear, he destroys their lives.
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.