Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

The wicked flee when no man pursues; 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.

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.

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 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
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 pursues; but the righteous are bold as a lion. 2 Because of the transgression of a land, many are its rulers; but it is prolonged by a man of discernment who knows right.

Cross References

Leviticus 26:17

And I will set My face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies. They that hate you shall reign over you. And you shall flee when none pursues you.

Psalm 53:5

There they dreaded with dread, where no dread was; for God has scattered the bones of him who camps against you; you have put them to shame because God rejects them.

Leviticus 26:36

And on those of you that are left I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as if fleeing from a sword. And they shall fall when none pursues.

Daniel 6:10-11

And when he had learned that the document was signed, Daniel went to his house. And his windows were open in his roof 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.

Acts 4:13

But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlearned and uneducated men, they marveled. And they recognized them, that they had been with Jesus.

Acts 14:3

Therefore they stayed a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who bore witness to the word of His grace, giving miracles and wonders to be done by their hands.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

But also suffering before, being insulted in Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much agony.

Exodus 11:8

And all these, your servants, shall come down to me and bow themselves down to me, saying, You and all the people that follow you get out. And after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

Deuteronomy 28:7

Jehovah shall cause your enemies that rise up against you to be stricken before your face. They shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.

Deuteronomy 28:25

Jehovah shall cause you to be stricken before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them. And you shall be a trembling to all the kingdoms of the earth.

2 Kings 7:6-7

For Jehovah had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots and a noise of horses, the noise of a great army. And they said to one another, Lo, the king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians against us, to come on us.

2 Kings 7:15

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

Psalm 27:1-2

A Psalm of David. 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 we will not fear when the earth changes, and when mountains are slipping into the heart of the seas.

Psalm 112:7

He shall not be afraid of bad news; his heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.

Isaiah 7:2

And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the woods are moved by the wind.

Isaiah 26:3-4

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You; because he trusts in You.

Jeremiah 20:4

For so says Jehovah, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. And they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall behold it. And I will give all Judah into the king of Babylon's hand, and he will exile them into Babylon, and kill them with the sword.

Daniel 3:16-18

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to return a word to you on this matter.

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