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Proverbs Chapter 28 verse 15 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 28:15

`As' a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, `So is' a wicked ruler over a poor people.
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BBE Proverbs 28:15

Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.
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DARBY Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
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KJV Proverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
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WBT Proverbs 28:15

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WEB Proverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion or a charging bear, So is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
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YLT Proverbs 28:15

A growling lion, and a ranging bear, `Is' the wicked ruler over a poor people.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - A wicked ruler over the poor people; a people weak and resourceless. To such a powerful tyrant is as fatal as a roaring lion or a hungry bear prowling in quest of food. The prophets compare evil rulers to ravenous lions (see Jeremiah 4:7; Ezekiel 19:6). They are like lions in strength and cruelty, like bears in craft and ferocity. Septuagint, "A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf is he, who, being poor, rules over an indigent nation." The poverty of the subjects embitters the conduct of the ruler.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) A ranging bear--i.e., wandering hungrily in great want of food.Over the poor people--i.e., a people too weak to resist him, over whom he can tyrannise without fear.