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Proverbs 19:12

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion,.... Which is very terrible when hungry, and is after its prey, and has got it. Kings, especially tyrannical ones, are compared to lions; as Nebuchadnezzar by Jeremiah, Jer 4:17; and Nero by the Apostle Paul, 2Ti 4:7; and the rage of such is very dreadful, as Ahasuerus's was to Haman.

Jarchi interprets the king, of the holy blessed God.

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