Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD roareth like a lion, that they may follow him. Yea, as a lion roareth he, that they may be afraid like the children of the sea:

New American Standard Bible

They will walk after the Lord,
He will roar like a lion;
Indeed He will roar
And His sons will come trembling from the west.

King James Version

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

Holman Bible

They will follow the Lord;
He will roar like a lion.
When He roars,
His children will come trembling from the west.

International Standard Version

They will go after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; and when he roars, the children will come trembling from the west.

A Conservative Version

They shall walk after LORD, who will roar like a lion. For he will roar, and the sons shall come trembling from the west.

American Standard Version

They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west.

Amplified


They will walk after the Lord [in obedience and worship],
Who will roar like a lion;
He will roar [summoning them]
And His sons will come trembling from the west.

Bible in Basic English

They will go after the Lord; his cry will be like that of a lion; his cry will be loud, and the children will come from the west, shaking with fear;

Darby Translation

They shall walk after Jehovah; he shall roar like a lion; when he shall roar, then the children shall hasten from the west:

Julia Smith Translation

They shall go after Jehovah: as a lion shall he roar: for he shall roar, and the sons of the waters shall tremble.

King James 2000

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall come trembling from the west.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They will go after Yahweh; he roars like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from [the] sea.

Modern King James verseion

They shall walk after Jehovah; He shall roar like a lion. When He shall roar, then the sons shall tremble from the west.

NET Bible

He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the Lord; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

New Heart English Bible

They will walk after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

The Emphasized Bible

After Yahweh, let them go, Like a lion, will he roar, - When, he, shall roar, then let sons, come trembling, out of the West.

Webster

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

World English Bible

They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

Youngs Literal Translation

After Jehovah they go -- as a lion He roareth, When He doth roar, then tremble do the sons from the west.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

the Lord

Usage: 0

he shall roar
שׁאג 
Sha'ag 
Usage: 20

אריה ארי 
'ariy 
Usage: 80

שׁאג 
Sha'ag 
Usage: 20

חרד 
Charad 
Usage: 39

References

Hastings

Context Readings

God Will Have Compassion

9 therefore have I not turned me to destroy Ephraim in my wrathful displeasure. For I am God, and no man: I am even that holy one in the midst of thee, though I came not within the city. 10 The LORD roareth like a lion, that they may follow him. Yea, as a lion roareth he, that they may be afraid like the children of the sea: 11 that they may be scattered away from Egypt, as men scare birds: and frayed away, as doves used to be, from the Assyrians' land: and that because I would have them tarry at home, sayeth the LORD.

Cross References

Isaiah 31:4

For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, "Like as the lion or lion's whelps roareth upon the prey that he hath gotten, and is not afraid though the multitude of shepherds cry out upon him, neither abashed for all the heap of them: So shall the LORD of Hosts come down from the mount Zion, and defend his hill.

Joel 3:16

The LORD shall roar out of Zion, a cry out of Jerusalem; that the heavens and the earth shall quake withal. But the LORD shall be a defense to his own people, and a refuge for the children of Israel.

Amos 1:2

And he said, "The LORD shall roar out of Zion, and show his voice from Jerusalem: so that the pastures of the shepherds shall be in a miserable case, and the top of Carmel dried up.

Jeremiah 25:30

"'Therefore tell them all these words, and say unto them: The LORD shall cry from above, and let his voice be heard from his holy habitation. With a great noise shall he cry from his regal court. He shall give a great voice, like the grape gatherers, and the sound thereof shall be heard unto the ends of the world.

Zechariah 8:7

Thus saith the LORD Sabaoth: behold, I will deliver my people from the east country and from the land of the going down of the sun,

Job 37:1

At this, my heart is astonished, and moved out of his place.

Psalm 2:11

Serve the LORD in fear, and rejoice unto him in reverence.

Psalm 119:120

My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

Isaiah 2:5

O house of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

Isaiah 42:13

The LORD shall come forth as a giant, and take a stomach to himself like a fresh man of war. He shall roar and cry, and overcome his enemies.

Isaiah 49:10

There shall neither hunger nor thirst, heat nor Sun hurt them. For he that favoureth them shall lead them, and give them drink of the spring wells.

Isaiah 64:2

like as at a hot fire; that the malicious might boil away, as the water doth upon the fire. Whereby thy name might be known among thine enemies, and that the Gentiles might tremble before thee.

Jeremiah 2:2

"Go thy way, cry in the ears of Jerusalem, and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: I remember thee for the kindness of thy youth, and because of thy steadfast love: in that thou followedst me through the wilderness, in an untilled land.

Jeremiah 5:22

Fear ye not me, sayeth the LORD? Are ye not ashamed, to look me in the face? Which bind the sea with the sand, so that it cannot pass his bounds: for though it rage, yet can it do nothing; and though the waves thereof do swell, yet may they not go over.

Jeremiah 7:6

If ye will not oppress the stranger, the fatherless and the widow; if ye will not shed innocent blood in this place; if ye will not cleave to strange gods to your own destruction;

Jeremiah 7:9

For when ye have stolen, murdered, committed adultery and penury; When ye have offered unto Baal, following strange and unknown gods;

Jeremiah 31:9

They departed from hence in heaviness, but with joy will I bring them hither again. I will lead them by the rivers of water in a straight way, where they shall not stumble: For I will be Israel's father, and Ephraim shall be my firstborn.

Jeremiah 33:9

And this shall get me a name, and praise and honour, among all people of the earth, which shall hear all the good, that I will show unto them: Yea, they shall be afraid and astonished at all the good deeds and benefits that I will do for them.

Hosea 3:5

But afterward shall the children of Israel convert, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king: and in the latter days they shall worship the LORD, and his loving-kindness.

Hosea 6:1-3

In their adversity they shall seek me, and say, "Come, let us turn again to the LORD: for he hath smitten us, and he shall heal us;

Amos 3:4

Doth a lion roar in the woods, except he have prey? Or crieth a Lion's whelp out of his den, except he have gotten something?

Amos 3:8

When a lion roareth, who will not be afraid? Seeing then that the LORDE God himself speaketh, who will not prophesy?

Micah 4:5

Therefore, whereas all people have walked every man in the name of his own god, we will walk in the name of our God for ever and ever.

Habakkuk 3:16

When I hear this, my body is vexed, my lips tremble at the voice thereof, my bones corrupt, I am afraid where I stand. O that I might rest in the day of trouble, that I might go up unto our people, which are already prepared.

Zechariah 10:12

I will comfort them in the LORD, that they may walk in his name," sayeth the LORD.

John 8:12

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness: but shall have the light of life."

Acts 24:25

And as he preached of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come; Felix trembled, and answered, "Thou hast done enough at this time: depart. When I have a convenient time, I will send for thee."

Romans 8:1

There is, then, no damnation to them which are in Christ Jesus: which walk not after the flesh but after the spirit:

2 Peter 2:10

namely, them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise the rulers. Presumptuous are they, and stubborn, and fear not to speak evil of them that are in authority;

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