Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Comme un lion rugissant et un ours affamé, Ainsi est le méchant qui domine sur un peuple pauvre.
KJV
[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.
[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.
KJV
Hebrew original
אֲרִי נֹ֭הֵם וְ/דֹ֣ב שׁוֹקֵ֑ק מֹשֵׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע עַ֣ל עַם דָּֽל
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 103 (Migne)
sicut scriptum est de illo: Leo rugiens, et ursus esuriens, princeps impius super populum pauperem (Prov. XXVIII, 15) . Rex siquidem impius tanquam leonis personam habens ad omne responsum acriter verbum nequam sine prudentium consilio cum omni malitia profert, bonos humilians m…
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