Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
He is to me a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
New American Standard Bible
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 Dalet
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.
Darby Translation
He is unto me as 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.
Themes
Bears » Illustrative of » God in his judgments
Bears » Described as » Cunning
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
9 He walled up my ways with hewn stones, he made crooked my beaten paths. 10 He is to me a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places. 11 He turned aside my ways and he will tear me in pieces: he set me a desolation.
Cross References
Job 10:16
And shall it be lifted up? Thou wilt hunt me as the lion, and thou wilt turn back, thou wilt show thyself wonderful upon me.
Psalm 10:9
He will lie in wait in secret as the lion in her den: he will lie in wait to catch the poor one: he will catch the poor one in drawing him into his net
Psalm 17:12
His likeness as a lion will long for the prey, and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.
Isaiah 38:13
I set till the morning, as the lion thus will he break all my bones: from the day even to the night thou wilt finish me.
Hosea 5:14
For I as the lion to Ephraim, and as the young lion to the house of Judah I, I will rend and go away; I will take away and none delivering.
Hosea 6:1
Go ye and we will turn back to Jehovah: for he rent and he will heal us; he will strike, and he will bind us up.
Hosea 13:7-8
And I will be to them as a lion: as a panther upon the way I will look around.
Amos 5:18-20
Wo! to you longing for the day of Jehovah; for what this to you? The day of Jehovah this is darkness and not light