Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

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

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.

Darby Translation

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

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 has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked. 10 He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding. 11 He has obstructed my path, and torn me in pieces; he has made me desolate.


Cross References

Job 10:16

If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.

Psalm 10:9

He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

Psalm 17:12

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Isaiah 38:13

I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.

Hosea 5:14

For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.

Hosea 6:1

"Come, and let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.

Hosea 13:7-8

Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

Amos 5:18-20

"Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD. Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light.

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