Proverbs 20:2
New American Standard Bible
2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion;
One who provokes him to anger [a](A)forfeits his own life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:2 Lit sins against
Proverbs 20:2
New Living Translation
2 The king’s fury is like a lion’s roar;
to rouse his anger is to risk your life.
Proverbs 20:4
New American Standard Bible
4 The [a](A)lazy one does not plow after the autumn,
So he [b]begs during the harvest and has nothing.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:4 Lit idle
- Proverbs 20:4 Lit asks
Proverbs 20:4
New Living Translation
4 Those too lazy to plow in the right season
will have no food at the harvest.
Proverbs 20:8
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:8 Or Sifts
Proverbs 20:8
New Living Translation
8 When a king sits in judgment, he weighs all the evidence,
distinguishing the bad from the good.
Proverbs 20:12
New American Standard Bible
12 The hearing (A)ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord has made both of them.
Proverbs 20:12
New Living Translation
12 Ears to hear and eyes to see—
both are gifts from the Lord.
Proverbs 20:14
New American Standard Bible
14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
Proverbs 20:14
New Living Translation
14 The buyer haggles over the price, saying, “It’s worthless,”
then brags about getting a bargain!
Proverbs 20:16
New American Standard Bible
16 Take his garment when he becomes guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, seize a pledge from him.
Proverbs 20:16
New Living Translation
16 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.
Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.[a]
Footnotes
- 20:16 An alternate reading in the Masoretic Text is for a promiscuous woman.
Proverbs 20:26
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:26 Lit turns
Proverbs 20:26
New Living Translation
26 A wise king scatters the wicked like wheat,
then runs his threshing wheel over them.
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