Lamentations 3:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.”
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BSBPD
“He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“A bear lying in wait He <FI>is<Fi> to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:10 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 10:16Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
- Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
- Psalms 17:12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
- Isaiah 38:13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
- Hosea 5:14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
- Hosea 6:1Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- Hosea 13:7So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
- Amos 5:18Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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