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The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion.
    He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

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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 sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
    therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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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 king who sits on the throne of judgment
    scatters away all evil with his eyes.

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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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12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
    Yahweh has made even both of them.

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

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14 “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer;
    but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

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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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16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
    and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

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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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26 A wise king winnows out the wicked,
    and drives the threshing wheel over them.

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

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