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Proverbs 20:2

NETBible	The king’s terrifying anger¹ is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him² sins against himself.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 20:2	A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion; he who angers him forfeits his life.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 20:2	The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 20:2	The king’s fury is like a lion’s roar; to rouse his anger is to risk your life.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 20:2	Quick-tempered leaders are like mad dogs--cross them and they bite your head off.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 20:2	The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 20:2	The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion; anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 20:2	The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
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KJV	The fear <0367> of a king <04428> [is] as the roaring <05099> of a lion <03715>_: [whoso] provoketh him to anger <05674> (8693) sinneth <02398> (8802) [against] his own soul <05315>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 20:2	The terror <0367> of a king <04428> is like the growling <05099> of a lion <03715> ; He who provokes <05674> him to anger <05674> forfeits <02398> his own life <05315> .
LXXM	ou <3364> ADV diaferei <1308> V-PAI-3S apeilh <547> N-NSF basilewv <935> N-GSM yumou <2372> N-GSM leontov <3023> N-GSM o <3588> T-NSM de <1161> PRT paroxunwn <3947> V-PAPNS auton <846> D-ASM amartanei <264> V-PAI-3S eiv <1519> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF eautou <1438> D-GSM quchn <5590> N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	The king’s <04428> terrifying <0367> anger is like the roar <05099> of a lion <03715> ; whoever provokes <05674> him sins <02398> against himself <05315> .
HEBREW	wspn <05315> ajwx <02398> wrbetm <05674> Klm <04428> tmya <0367> rypkk <03715> Mhn (20:2) <05099>

NETBible

The king’s terrifying anger¹ is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him² sins against himself.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “the terror of a king” (so ASV, NASB); The term “terror” is a metonymy of effect for cause: the anger of a king that causes terror among the people. The term “king” functions as a possessive genitive: “a king’s anger” (cf. NIV “A king’s wrath”; NLT “The king’s fury”).

²tn The verb מִתְעַבְּרוֹ (mit’abbÿro) is problematic; in the MT the form is the Hitpael participle with a pronominal suffix, which is unusual, for the direct object of this verb usually takes a preposition first: “is angry with.” The LXX rendered it “angers [or, irritates].”

³sn The expression “sins against himself” has been taken by some to mean “forfeits his life” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or “endangers his life” (cf. NCV, NLT). That may be the implication of getting oneself in trouble with an angry king (cf. TEV “making him angry is suicide”).