Verse 15

As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over poor people.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Som en brølende løve og en angrepende bjørn, er en ond hersker over et fattig folk.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Som en brølende løve og en streifende bjørn, slik er en ond hersker over et fattig folk.

• Norsk King James

  Som en brølende løve og en vandrende bjørn; slik er en ond hersker over de fattige.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Som en brølende løve og en omstreifende bjørn er en ugudelig hersker over et fattig folk.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Som en brølende løve og en sulten bjørn er en ond hersker over et fattig folk.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Som en brølende løve og en jagende bjørn, slik er en ond hersker over fattige folk.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Som et brølende løve og en rastløs bjørn, slik er en ond hersker over de fattige.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Som en brølende løve og en jagende bjørn, slik er en ond hersker over fattige folk.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  En brølende løve eller en støtende bjørn er den onde hersker over et fattig folk.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Som en brølende løve eller en sulten bjørn, slik er en ond hersker over et fattig folk.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Som en brølende Løve og en omkringløbende Bjørn er en Ugudelig, der hersker over et ringe Folk.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Som en brølende løve og en jagende bjørn er en ond hersker over fattige mennesker.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Som en brølende løve eller en farende bjørn, slik er en ond hersker over et hjelpeløst folk.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  En brølende løve og en vandrende bjørn er en ond hersker over et fattig folk.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Som en brølende løve og en rovende bjørn, slik er en ond hersker over et fattig folk.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Som en brølende løve og en omstreifende bjørn, er en ond hersker over et fattig folk.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Like as a roaringe lyon and an hongrie beer, euen so is an vngodly prynce ouer the poore people.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  As a roaring lion or a charging bear, So is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

• World English Bible (2000)

  As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all its coasts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
• 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD.
• Exod 1:22 : 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.
• 1 Sam 22:17-19 : 17 And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to attack the priests of the LORD. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and attack the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five persons that wore a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, and oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
• 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tore forty-two children of them.
• 2 Kgs 15:16 : 16 Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all those who were in it, and its territories from Tirzah, because they did not open to him; therefore he struck it, and all the women in it who were pregnant he ripped open.
• Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.
• Prov 20:2 : 2 The fear of a king is like the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.
• Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly followed the commandment.
• Hos 13:8 : 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
• Esth 3:6-9 : 6 And he thought it scornful to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had shown him the people of Mordecai. Therefore, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. 7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. 8 And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; and their laws are different from all people; neither do they keep the king's laws. Therefore, it is not profitable for the king to tolerate them." 9 If it pleases the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. 10 And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
• Exod 1:14-16 : 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, which they made them serve, was with rigor. 15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 16 And he said, When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools; if it is a son, then you shall kill him: but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.
• Prov 17:12 : 12 Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.