Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

New American Standard Bible

Or he will tear my soul like a lion,
Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.

King James Version

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Holman Bible

or they will tear me like a lion,
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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with 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.

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.

References

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Context Readings

Prayer For Justice

1 LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, 2 lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 LORD, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

Cross References

Psalm 50:22

"Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.

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.

Deuteronomy 33:20

Of Gad he said, "He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.

Judges 18:28

There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone, and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived there.

2 Samuel 14:6

Your handmaid had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.

Job 10:7

Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.

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.

Psalm 22:13

They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

Psalm 35:15

But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I did not know it. They tore at me, and did not cease.

Proverbs 19:12

The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Hosea 13:7-8

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

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

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