Proverbs 28:1
Modern Translations
New International Version
The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

New Living Translation
The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the godly are as bold as lions.

English Standard Version
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Berean Study 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.

NASB 1995
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

NASB 1977
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

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

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

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

Contemporary English Version
Wicked people run away when no one chases them, but those who live right are as brave as lions.

Good News Translation
The wicked run when no one is chasing them, but an honest person is as brave as a lion.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A wicked person flees when no one is chasing him, but righteous people are as bold as lions.

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

NET Bible
The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

New King James Version
The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

King James 2000 Bible
The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

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

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

American King James Version
The wicked flee 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.

A Faithful Version
The wicked flee when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The wicked flee when none pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The vngodly fleeth when no man pursueth him: but the righteous are bolde as a Lion.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The vngodly flyeth no man chasynge him, but the rightuous stondeth stiff as a lyon.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer, "" And the righteous is confident as a young lion.

Young's Literal Translation
The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

Smith's Literal Translation
The unjust fled and none pursuing, and the just shall be confident as the young lion.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The impious flees, though no one pursues. But the just, like a confident lion, shall be without dread.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The evil will flee when there is no one chasing them, and the righteous are as confident as a lion.

Lamsa Bible
THE wicked flee when no man pursues them; but the righteous are confident as a lion.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are secure as a young lion.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The ungodly man flees when no one pursues: but the righteous is confident as a lion.
















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