Lamentations 3:10

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“He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.”

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Read Lamentations 3:10 in the flow of Lamentations3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Lamentations3 to see the surrounding context.

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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 Domain
ASVPD

“He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“A bear lying in wait He <FI>is<Fi> to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:10 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 10:16Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
  2. 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.
  3. Psalms 17:12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Hosea 13:7So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
  8. 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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