As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
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Gill's Exposition
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear,.... Which are both terrible; the lion that roars for want of food, or when it is over its prey; and the hear, when it runs from place to place in quest of…
Barnes' Notes
The form of political wretchedness, when the poverty of the oppressed subjects not only embitters their sufferings, but exasperates the brutal ferocity of the ruler.
Matthew Henry
It is written indeed, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people; but if he be a wicked ruler, that oppresses the people, especially the poor people, robbing them of the little they have and…
Cambridge Bible
ranging i.e. with a view to satisfy its hunger. The word is used in its secondary sense, hungry, Psa 107:9. Comp. 1Pe 5:8. λέων πεινῶν καὶ λύκος διψῶν, LXX., ursus esuriens, Vulg.
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