2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.


In Context

1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

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

Proverbs 20:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:2The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:2A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion; he who angers him forfeits his life.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:2As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:2The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.