Proverbs 20:2

Modern

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

Traditional

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Literal

The terror of a king is like the roaring of the young lion; the one making him angry is wronging his own soul.

Latin

Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis: qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam.

Hebrew

English

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

Queen Esther was willing to risk her life and make the king angry (Esther 7).

Proverbs 19:12
A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
Proverbs 8:36
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
1 Kings 2:23
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
Proverbs 16:14–15
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
Hosea 11:10
They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
Amos 3:8
The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?
Habakkuk 2:10
You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
Numbers 16:38
As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”