15 Like a (A)roaring lion and a rushing bear
Is a (B)wicked ruler over a poor people.

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15 A roaring lion and a charging bear—
    that’s what a wicked tyrant is over poor people.

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When the (A)righteous [a]increase, the people rejoice,
But when a wicked person rules, people groan.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:2 Or become great

As the righteous grow powerful,[a] people rejoice;
    but when the wicked rule, people groan.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:2 The Heb. lacks powerful