Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

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

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.

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 wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion. 2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understanding and knowledge the state thereof'shall be prolonged.



Cross References

Leviticus 26:17

And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

Psalm 53:5

There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because of God hath rejected them.

Leviticus 26:36

And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

Daniel 6:10-11

And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Acts 4:13

Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

Acts 14:3

Long time therefore they tarried there'speaking boldly in the Lord, who bare witness unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

Exodus 11:8

And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

Deuteronomy 28:7

Jehovah will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.

Deuteronomy 28:25

Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.

2 Kings 7:6-7

For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

2 Kings 7:15

And they went after them unto the Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

Psalm 27:1-2

Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 46:2-3

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;

Psalm 112:7

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.

Isaiah 7:2

And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

Isaiah 26:3-4

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is'stayed on thee ; because he trusteth in thee.

Jeremiah 20:4

For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Daniel 3:16-18

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.

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