Proverbs 20:2
Legacy Standard Bible
2 The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion;
He who provokes him to anger (A)sins against his own soul.
Proverbs 20:2
Revised Standard Version
2 The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion;
he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
Proverbs 20:4
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:4 Lit asks
Proverbs 20:4
Revised Standard Version
4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:8
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:8 Or Sifts
Proverbs 20:8
Revised Standard Version
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
winnows all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:12
Legacy Standard Bible
12 The hearing (A)ear and the seeing eye,
Yahweh has made both of them.
Proverbs 20:12
Revised Standard Version
12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
the Lord has made them both.
Proverbs 20:14
Legacy Standard Bible
14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
Proverbs 20:14
Revised Standard Version
14 “It is bad, it is bad,” says the buyer;
but when he goes away, then he boasts.
Proverbs 20:16
Legacy Standard Bible
16 Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.
Proverbs 20:16
Revised Standard Version
16 Take a man’s garment when he has given surety for a stranger,
and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
Proverbs 20:26
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 20:26
Revised Standard Version
26 A wise king winnows the wicked,
and drives the wheel over them.
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