Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

He is to me like a bear lying in wait,
Like a lion in secret places.

King James Version

He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

Holman Bible

ד DaletHe is a bear waiting in ambush,
a lion in hiding.

International Standard Version

He is like a bear that lies in wait for me, a lion in hiding.

A Conservative Version

He is to me as a bear laying in wait, as a lion in concealed places.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


He is to me like a bear lying in wait,
And like a lion [hiding] in secret places.

Bible in Basic English

He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.

Julia Smith Translation

He is to me a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.

King James 2000

He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

Lexham Expanded Bible

To me he [is] like a bear lying in wait, a lion in hiding.

Modern King James verseion

He was a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in secret places.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{Daleth} He layeth wait for me like a Bear, and as a lion in a hole.

NET Bible

(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.

New Heart English Bible

He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.

The Emphasized Bible

A bear lying in wait, he is to me, a lion, in secret places;

Webster

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 secret places.

Youngs Literal Translation

A bear lying in wait He is to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He was unto me as a bear
דּוב דּב 
Dob 
Usage: 12

lying in wait
ארב 
'arab 
Usage: 42

and as a lion
אריה ארי 
'ariy 
Usage: 80

References

Easton

Fausets

Verse Info

Context Readings

Israel's Affliction

9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. 10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places. 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

Cross References

Job 10:16

And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.

Psalm 10:9

He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

Psalm 17:12

He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

Isaiah 38:13

I kept still until the morning; ... as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt 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, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

Hosea 6:1

Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Hosea 13:7-8

And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;

Amos 5:18-20

Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:

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