Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, “So may God do to me, and more also, for Adonijah has devised this scheme at the risk of his life!
Proverbs 20:2 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion; anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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 Solomon swore by the Lord, “So may God do to me, and more also, for Adonijah has devised this scheme at the risk of his life!
Now therefore as the Lord lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of my father David, and who has made me a house as he promised, today Adonijah shall be put to death.”
A king's anger is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
but those who miss me injure themselves; all who hate me love death.”
If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness will undo great offenses.
They shall go after the Lord, who roars like a lion; when he roars, his children shall 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 for your house by cutting off many peoples; you have forfeited your life.
For the censers of these sinners have become holy at the cost of their lives. Make them into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they presented them before the Lord and they became holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the Israelites.