Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding, New Living Translation He has hidden like a bear or a lion, waiting to attack me. English Standard Version He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding; Berean Standard Bible He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush. King James Bible He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. New King James Version He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush. New American Standard Bible He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places. NASB 1995 He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places. NASB 1977 He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places. Legacy Standard Bible He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places. Amplified Bible He is to me like a bear lying in wait, And like a lion [hiding] in secret places. Christian Standard Bible He is a bear waiting in ambush, a lion in hiding. Holman Christian Standard Bible He is a bear waiting in ambush, a lion in hiding. American Standard Version He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Daleth For a wolf was lying in wait for me and a lion in a secret place Brenton Septuagint Translation he has troubled me, as a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me as a lion in secret places. Contemporary English Version God was like a bear or a lion waiting in ambush for me; Douay-Rheims Bible Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places. English Revised Version He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places. GOD'S WORD® Translation He is like a bear waiting to ambush me, like a lion in hiding. Good News Translation He waited for me like a bear; he pounced on me like a lion. International Standard Version He is like a bear that lies in wait for me, a lion in hiding. JPS Tanakh 1917 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, As a lion in secret places. Literal Standard Version A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, | A lion in secret hiding places. Majority Standard Bible He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush. New American Bible He has been a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding! NET Bible To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey. New Revised Standard Version He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding; New Heart English Bible He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding. Webster's Bible Translation He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. World English Bible He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding. Young's Literal Translation A bear lying in wait He is to me, A lion in secret hiding-places. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeremiah's Afflictions…9He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked. 10He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush. 11He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.… Cross References Job 10:16 Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me. Lamentations 3:9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked. Lamentations 3:11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help. Hosea 13:7 So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path. Treasury of Scripture He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. unto Job 10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. Isaiah 38:13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. Hosea 5:14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. in secret Psalm 10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. Psalm 17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Jump to Previous Bear Hiding Lying Places Secret Wait WaitingJump to Next Bear Hiding Lying Places Secret Wait WaitingLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies (10) As a bear . . . as a lion.--The figure found in Hosea 13:8; Amos 5:19, is specially characteristic of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 5:6; Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44). We are reminded of Dante (Inferno, i. 31-51). . . . Verse 10. - Was; rather, is. As a bear...as a lion. The comparison of the enemy to a lion is not uncommon; see e.g. Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 5:6 (see note); 49:19; 1:44; Psalm 10:9; Psalm 17:12; Job 10:16. The bear is only once mentioned in such a context (Hosea 13:8). The two latter passages may possibly have been in the mind of the writer, as Jehovah is in both the subject of the comparison. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Heהוּא֙ (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is a bear דֹּ֣ב (dōḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1677: The bear lying in wait, אֹרֵ֥ב (’ō·rêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 693: To lie in wait a lion אֲרִ֖י (’ă·rî) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 738: A lion in hiding. בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃ (bə·mis·tā·rîm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4565: A secret place, hiding place Links Lamentations 3:10 NIVLamentations 3:10 NLT Lamentations 3:10 ESV Lamentations 3:10 NASB Lamentations 3:10 KJV Lamentations 3:10 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:10 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:10 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:10 French Bible Lamentations 3:10 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:10 He is to me as a bear (Lam. La Lm) |
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