Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

New American Standard Bible

The wicked flee when no one is pursuing,
But the righteous are bold as a lion.

King James Version

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Holman Bible

The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them,
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

International Standard Version

The wicked flee, though no one pursues, but the righteous are bold like a lion.

A Conservative Version

A wicked man flees when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

American Standard Version

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.

Amplified

The wicked flee when no one pursues them,
But the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Darby Translation

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Julia Smith Translation

The unjust fled and none pursuing, and the just shall be confident as the young lion.

King James 2000

The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The wicked flee, but no one pursues, but the righteous is bold like a lion.

Modern King James verseion

The wicked flee when no man pursues; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The ungodly fleeth, no man chasing him; but the righteous standeth stiff as a lion.

NET Bible

The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.

New Heart English Bible

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

The Emphasized Bible

The lawless, fleeth when no man pursueth, but, the righteous, like a lion, are confident.

Webster

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

World English Bible

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Youngs Literal Translation

The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

נוּס 
Nuwc 
Usage: 160

but the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

בּטח 
Batach 
Usage: 120

References

American

Context Readings

All About Life

1 The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion. 2 Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.



Cross References

Leviticus 26:17

And my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.

Psalm 53:5

They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.

Leviticus 26:36

And as for the rest of you, I will make their hearts feeble in the land of their haters, and the sound of a leaf moved by the wind will send them in flight, and they will go in flight as from the sword, falling down when no one comes after them;

Daniel 6:10-11

And Daniel, on hearing that the writing had been signed, went into his house; (now he had windows in his room on the roof opening in the direction of Jerusalem;) and three times a day he went down on his knees in prayer and praise before his God, as he had done before.

Acts 4:13

Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

Acts 14:3

So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

But after we had first undergone much pain and been cruelly attacked as you saw, at Philippi, by the help of God we gave you the good news without fear, though everything was against us.

Exodus 11:8

And all these your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath.

Deuteronomy 28:7

By the power of the Lord, those who take arms against you will be overcome before you: they will come out against you one way, and will go in flight from you seven ways.

Deuteronomy 28:25

The Lord will let you be overcome by your haters: you will go out against them one way, and you will go in flight before them seven ways: you will be the cause of fear among all the kingdoms of the earth.

2 Kings 7:6-7

For the Lord had made the sound of carriages and horses, and the noise of a great army, come to the ears of the Aramaeans, so that they said to one another, Truly, the king of Israel has got the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians for a price to make an attack on us.

2 Kings 7:15

And they went after them as far as Jordan; and all the road was covered with clothing and vessels dropped by the Aramaeans in their flight. So those who were sent went back and gave the news to the king.

Psalm 27:1-2

The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

Psalm 46:2-3

For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;

Psalm 112:7

He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.

Isaiah 7:2

And word came to the family of David that Aram had put up its tents in Ephraim. And the king's heart, and the hearts of his people, were moved, like the trees of the wood shaking in the wind.

Isaiah 26:3-4

The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.

Jeremiah 20:4

For the Lord has said, See, I will make you a cause of fear to yourself and to all your friends: they will come to their death by the sword of their haters, and your eyes will see it: and I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will take them away prisoners into Babylon and put them to the sword.

Daniel 3:16-18

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answering Nebuchadnezzar the king, said, There is no need for us to give you an answer to this question.

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