King James Version

Proverbs 28:1

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

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נָ֣סוּnasvawayנוּסverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “away”, a completed actionH5127to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)[idiom] abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, [idiom] hide, lift up a standard.וְאֵיןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).רֹדֵ֣ףrodefchaseרָדַףverb, qal, participle, absolute — “chase”, a verb used as a describing wordH7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).רָשָׁ֑עrashaguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.וְ֝צַדִּיקִ֗יםvetsadiqimand justצַדִּיקconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “and just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).כִּכְפִ֥ירkikhfiras lionכְּפִירpreposition, 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).יִבְטָֽחyivtachbe boldבָּטַחverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be bold”, an unfinished actionH982figuratively, to trust, be confident or surebe bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are secure as a young lion.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.

Young’s Literal Translation

The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

World English Bible

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Darby Translation

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Douay-Rheims

The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are secure as a young lion.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The ungodly man flees when no one pursues: but the righteous is confident as a lion.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φεύγει ἀσεβὴς μηδενὸς διώκοντος, δίκαιος δὲ ὥσπερ λέων πέποιθε.