Proverbs 30:30

Easy-to-Read Version

a lion—he is the warrior of the animals and runs from nothing,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
a lion, which is mightiest among beastsand doesn’t retreat before anything;

Hebrew Names Version
The lion, which is mightiest among animals, And doesn't turn away for any;

King James Version
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

English Standard Version
the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any;

New American Standard Bible
The lion, which is mighty among animals And does not retreat from anything,

New Century Version
a lion, the proudest animal, which is strong and runs from nothing,

Amplified Bible
The lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn back before any;

World English Bible
The lion, which is mightiest among animals, And doesn't turn away for any;

Geneva Bible (1587)
A lyon which is strong among beastes, and turneth not at the sight of any:

Legacy Standard Bible
The lion which is mighty among the animalsAnd does not turn back before any,

Berean Standard Bible
a lion, mighty among the beasts, and refusing to retreat before anything;

Contemporary English Version
Those fearless lions who rule the jungle,

Complete Jewish Bible
the lion, mightiest of beasts, which turns aside for none;

Darby Translation
The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;

George Lamsa Translation
The lion which is mightiest among beasts, and neither fears nor turns back before any of the beasts:

Good News Translation
lions, strongest of all animals and afraid of none;

Lexham English Bible
a mighty lion among the beasts, but he will not turn back from any face;

Literal Translation
A lion is mighty among beasts, and he does not turn away from facing all;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A Lyon which is kynge of beastes, & geueth place to no man:

American Standard Version
The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;

Bible in Basic English
The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

King James Version (1611)
A lyon which is strongest among beastes, and turneth not away for any:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
A lion whiche is strongest among beastes, and shunneth not at the syght of any:

English Revised Version
The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A lioun, strongeste of beestis, schal not drede at the meetyng of ony man;

Update Bible Version
The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And does not turn away for any;

Webster's Bible Translation
A lion, [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

New English Translation
a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;

New King James Version
A lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn away from any;

New Living Translation
the lion, king of animals, who won't turn aside for anything,

New Life Bible
The lion, which is powerful among wild animals and does not turn away from any,

New Revised Standard
the lion, which is mightiest among wild animals and does not turn back before any;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;

Douay-Rheims Bible
A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth:

Revised Standard Version
the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any;

Young's Literal Translation
An old lion -- mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The lion which is mighty among beasts And does not retreat before any,

Contextual Overview

²⁹ There are three things that act important when they walk—really, there are four: ³⁰ a lion—he is the warrior of the animals and runs from nothing, ³¹ a rooster walking proudly, a goat, and a king among his people. ³² If you have been foolish enough to become proud and make plans against other people, stop and think about what you are doing. ³³ Stirring milk causes butter to form. Hitting someone's nose causes blood to flow. And making people angry causes trouble.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 23:24, Judges 14:18

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 1:23 - stronger

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 11:10
The land that you will get is not like the land of Egypt that you came from. In Egypt you planted your seeds and used your feet to pump water from the canals to water your fields like a vegetable garden.

2 Corinthians 12:14
I am now ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you. I don't want any of the things you own. I only want you. Children should not have to save things to give to their parents. Parents should save to give to their children.

1 Timothy 5:8
Everyone should take care of all their own people. Most important, they should take care of their own family. If they do not do that, then they do not accept what we believe. They are worse than someone who does not even believe in God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A lion, [which is] strongest among beasts,.... For what is stronger than a lion, or more courageous and undaunted? it walks with great majesty, very slowly, step by step, the left foot first; shaking its shoulders as it goes, as the philosopher h describes its going, and as here intended, and this without fear;

and turneth not away for any; it does not go out of its way for any creature it meets with; nor does it hasten its pace when pursued, nor show the lest sign of fear; nor does it turn its back to any; which is observed and confirmed by Aristotle i, Aelianus k, Pliny l, and other naturalists; particularly what Homer m and Virgil n say of this animal agrees with this account of Solomon. This creature is an emblem of Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, who is stronger than the strong man armed; who never turned his back to any of his enemies; nor turned aside from the way of his duty, or the work of his office, on account of any; not Herod the fox, who threatened to kill him; nor Satan, the roaring lion, when he knew he was on the march to meet him; nor any of those, who, though they had a band of soldiers, that came to take him; see Luke 13:31; and also it is an emblem of righteous men, who are as bold as a lion; and cannot be moved from their duty by anything they meet with, but remain steadfast and constant in it; see Proverbs 28:1.

h Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 2. c. 1. & Physog. c. 5. i Hist. Animal. l. 9. c. 44. k De Animal. l. 4. c. 34. l Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 16. m ευστε λεων ορεσιτροφος, &c. Iliad. 12. v. 299. n "Ceu saevum turba leonem", &c. Aeneid. l. 9. prope finem.