Saul and Jonathan, loved and delightful, parted neither in life nor death. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
Proverbs 30:30 - Tree of Life Version a lion, mighty among beasts, who never backs down from anything; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A lion which is strongest among beasts, And turneth not away for any; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The lion, which is mightiest among beasts and turns not back before any; American Standard Version (1901) The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any; Common English Bible a lion, a warrior among beasts, which doesn’t back down at anything; Catholic Public Domain Version a lion, the strongest of beasts, who fears nothing that he meets, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth: |
Saul and Jonathan, loved and delightful, parted neither in life nor death. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
Three things are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:
a strutting rooster, a male-goat, and a king with his army around him.
“Son of man, lift up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You compare yourself to a young lion of the nations, but you are a crocodile in the waters. You thrash about in your rivers and muddy the water with your feet and foul their streams.’”
May your hand be raised up against your adversaries, and may all your foes be cut off.
The people rise like a lioness, like a lion who does not rest until he eats his prey and drinks his victim’s blood!”
So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” But he responded to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have solved my riddle.”