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A Predator's Hunger
Commentators explain that the "roaring lion" and "ranging bear" are not just powerful, but specifically hungry and desperate for prey. The term "ranging" implies a bear actively and hungrily searching for food. This imagery paints the wicked ruler as a voracious predator, driven by a cruel appetite to consume and destroy the people he governs.
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Albert Barnes
On Proverbs 28:15
18th Century
Theologian
The form of political wretchedness, when the poverty of the oppressed subjects not only embitters their sufferings, but exasperates the brutal fero…
Charles Ellicott
On Proverbs 28:15
19th Century
Bishop
A ranging bear — i.e., wandering hungrily in great need of food.
Over the poor people —i.e., a peo…
John Gill
On Proverbs 28:15
17th Century
Pastor
[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear
Which are both terrible; the lion that roars for want of food, or when it is…
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Matthew Henry
On Proverbs 28:15
17th Century
Minister
A wicked ruler, whatever we may call him, this scripture calls a roaring lion, and a ranging bear.