Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none [to] deliver.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Holman Bible
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.
International Standard Version
Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me.
A Conservative Version
lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
American Standard Version
Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Amplified
So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,
Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].
Bible in Basic English
So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.
Darby Translation
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.
Julia Smith Translation
Lest he shall rend my soul as the lion, breaking in pieces and none delivering.
King James 2000
Lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Modern King James verseion
lest he tear my soul like a lion, tearing it in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, while there is none to help.
NET Bible
Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.
New Heart English Bible
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
The Emphasized Bible
Lest one tear, as a lion, my soul, - and there be no deliverer to rescue.
Webster
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
World English Bible
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 7:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Justice
1 O Yahweh, my God, in you I have taken refuge. Save me from all [who] pursue me, and deliver me. 2 Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none [to] deliver. 3 O Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 50:22
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear [you] apart, and there [will be] none to deliver.
Isaiah 38:13
I lie down until morning; like lion, so he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.
Deuteronomy 33:20
And of Gad he said, "Blessed [be] {the one who enlarges Gad}; like a lion he dwells, and he tears an arm as well as a scalp.
Judges 18:28
There was no deliverer, because it [was] far from Sidon, and {they had had no dealings with anyone}. It [was] in the valley that belonged to Beth-rehob, and they rebuilt the city and lived in it.
2 Samuel 14:6
Your servant had two sons, and they both fought in the open field, and there [was] no one {to part them}. One struck the other and killed him.
Job 10:7
because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?
Psalm 10:9
He lies in ambush {secretly,} like a lion in a thicket. He lies in ambush to seize [the] poor; he seizes [the] poor by catching him in his net.
Psalm 17:12
{He is like} a lion; he longs to tear apart, and like a strong lion crouching in hiding places.
Psalm 22:13
They open their mouth against me [like] a lion tearing and roaring.
Psalm 35:15
But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.
Proverbs 19:12
The rage of a king growls like a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Hosea 13:7-8
And I will be like a lion to them; I lie in wait beside [the] way, like a leopard.
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord helped me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled and all the Gentiles might hear, and he rescued [me] from the lion's mouth.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.