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Proverbs 20:2

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

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נַ֣הַםnahamroaringנַהַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “roaring”, the ordinary formH5099a snarlroaring.כַּ֭כְּפִירkakfiras lionכְּפִירpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as lion”, the ordinary formH3715a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)(young) lion, village. Compare H3723 (כָּפָר).אֵ֣ימַתeymatidolאֵימָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “idol”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH367fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.מֶ֑לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗וֹmitabrvoalienateעָבַרverb, hithpael, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “alienate”, a verb used as a describing wordH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…חוֹטֵ֥אchoteby faultחָטָאverb, qal, participle, absolute — “by fault”, a verb used as a describing wordH2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemnbear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.נַפְשֽׁוֹnafshvocreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

Young’s Literal Translation

The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Douay-Rheims

As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐ διαφέρει ἀπειλὴ βασιλέως θυμοῦ λέοντος, ὁ δὲ παροξύνων αὐτὸν ἁμαρτάνει εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν.