Then king Shlomo swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adoniyahu has not spoken this word against his own life.
Proverbs 20:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: Whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger or angers himself against him sins against his own life. 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. Common English Bible A king is as terrifying as a lion’s growl. Those who anger him may lose their life. Catholic Public Domain Version Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul. |
Then king Shlomo swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adoniyahu has not spoken this word against his own life.
Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adoniyahu shall be put to death this day.
The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.*
If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
They will walk after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?
You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.
even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Yisra'el.