Parallel Verses

World English Bible

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

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 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.



Cross References

Leviticus 26:17

I will set my face against you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you.

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.

Leviticus 26:36

"'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when no one pursues.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Exodus 11:8

All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, "Get out, with all the people who follow you;" and after that I will go out.'" He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

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.

Deuteronomy 28:25

Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.

2 Kings 7:6-7

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

2 Kings 7:15

They went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.

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?

Psalm 46:2-3

Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

Psalm 112:7

He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.

Isaiah 7:2

It was told the house of David, saying, "Syria is allied with Ephraim." His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

Isaiah 26:3-4

You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

Jeremiah 20:4

For thus says Yahweh, 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 see 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 kill them with the sword.

Daniel 3:16-18

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

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