Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“He has left His hiding place like the lion;
For their land has become a horror
Because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword
And because of His fierce anger.”

King James Version

He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

Holman Bible

He has left His den like a lion,
for their land has become a desolation
because of the sword of the oppressor,
because of His burning anger.

International Standard Version

Like a lion, he has left his den. Indeed, their land has become a waste because of the anger of the oppressor and because of the LORD's fierce anger."

A Conservative Version

He has left his covert as the lion. For their land has become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.

American Standard Version

He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing'sword , and because of his fierce anger.

Amplified


“He has left His lair like the lion;
For their land has become a horror
Because of the fierceness of the oppressor
And because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”

Bible in Basic English

The lion has come out of his secret place, for the land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of the heat of his wrath.

Darby Translation

He hath forsaken his covert as a young lion; for their land is a desolation because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

Julia Smith Translation

He forsook his booth as the young lion: for their land was for a desolation from the face of the burning of him oppressing, and from the face of the burning of his anger.

King James 2000

He has forsaken his lair, like a lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He has left his den like a lion, for their land has become a horror, because of the anger of the oppressors, and because of {his burning anger}."

Modern King James verseion

Like the lion, He has left His den; for their land is wasted because of the oppressor's pressing fury, and because of His fierce anger.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They shall forsake their folds like as a lion: for their lands shall be waste, because of the wrath of the destroyer, and because of his fearful indignation.

NET Bible

The Lord is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the Lord."

New Heart English Bible

He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land has become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppression, and because of his fierce anger."

The Emphasized Bible

He hath left as a lion his covert, For their land hath become a horror, Because of the fierceness of oppression and Because of the fierceness of his anger.

Webster

He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

World English Bible

He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.

Youngs Literal Translation

He hath forsaken, as a young lion, His covert, Surely their land hath become a desolation, Because of the oppressing fierceness, And because of the fierceness of His anger!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
סך 
Cok 
Usage: 4

as the lion
כּפיר 
K@phiyr 
Usage: 32

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

שׁמּה 
Shammah 
Usage: 39

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of the fierceness
חרן חרון 
Charown 
Usage: 41

of the oppressor
ינה 
Yanah 
Usage: 19

and because
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of his fierce
חרן חרון 
Charown 
Usage: 41

References

Context Readings

Judgment On The Whole World

37 And the quiet pastures shall be cut off by the fierce anger of the LORD. 38 “He has left His hiding place like the lion;
For their land has become a horror
Because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword
And because of His fierce anger.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:7

The lion is come up from his den, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the desert shall destroy them and a tiger shall lie in wait over their cities; anyone that goes out from there shall be torn in pieces because their rebellions have been multiplied, and their backslidings are increased.

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 there shall be no one left to escape.

Hosea 13:7-8

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion; as a tiger in the way I will observe them:

Psalm 76:2

In Salem also is his tabernacle and his dwelling place in Zion.

Jeremiah 49:19

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan to the strong habitation: for I will make rest and make him run from upon her, and he who is chosen I shall appoint over her; for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

Jeremiah 50:44

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the strong habitation; but I will rest and will make him run from upon her; and he who shall be chosen I will appoint over her. For who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

Hosea 11:10

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

Amos 8:8

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwells therein? and it shall all rise up as a flood, and it shall be cast out and sunk, as the river of Egypt.

Zechariah 2:3

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him

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