A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;(A)
    those who anger him forfeit their lives.(B)

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The terror of a king is like (A)the growling of a lion;
    whoever provokes him to anger (B)forfeits his life.

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Sluggards(A) do not plow in season;
    so at harvest time they look but find nothing.(B)

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(A)The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
    (B)he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

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When a king sits on his throne to judge,(A)
    he winnows out all evil with his eyes.(B)

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(A)A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    (B)winnows all evil with his eyes.

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12 Ears that hear and eyes that see—
    the Lord has made them both.(A)

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12 (A)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
    (B)the Lord has made them both.

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14 “It’s no good, it’s no good!” says the buyer—
    then goes off and boasts about the purchase.

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14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
    but when he goes away, then he boasts.

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16 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
    hold it in pledge(A) if it is done for an outsider.(B)

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16 (A)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
    and (B)hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:16 Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)

26 A wise king winnows out the wicked;
    he drives the threshing wheel over them.(A)

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26 A wise king (A)winnows the wicked
    and drives (B)the wheel over them.

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