11 translations · Hebrew
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Proverbs 28:1 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- KJV King James Version
- The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer, || And the righteous is confident as a young lion.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The wicked run away even when no one is chasing them, but the good have the trusting boldness of lions.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| נָ֣סוּ | nā·sū | flee | H5127 נוּס to flee |
| וְאֵין־ | wə·’ên- | when no one | H369 אַ֫יִן nothing |
| רֹדֵ֣ף | rō·ḏêp̄ | pursues | H7291 רָדַף to pursue |
| רָשָׁ֑ע | rā·šā‘ | The wicked | H7563 רָשָׁע wicked |
| וְ֝צַדִּיקִ֗ים | wə·ṣad·dî·qîm | but the righteous | H6662 צַדִּיק righteous |
| כִּכְפִ֥יר | kiḵ·p̄îr | as a lion | H3715 כְּפִיר lion |
| יִבְטָֽח׃ | yiḇ·ṭāḥ | are as bold | H982 בָּטַח to trust |
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 28:7
Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways.
- Psalm 53:5
There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
- Isaiah 26:3–4
You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
- Psalm 27:1–2
Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalm 112:7
He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:2
but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
- Acts 4:13
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
- Daniel 6:10–11
When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before. Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
- Acts 14:3
Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
- Jeremiah 20:4
For Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes will see it. I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them captive to Babylon, and will kill them with the sword.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
2 In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.
3 A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
Read all of Proverbs 28 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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