Lamentations 3:10 “He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.”

Lamentations 3:10

He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He was unto 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 hiding.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“unto”

Job 10:16 Isaiah 38:13 Hosea 5:14 Hosea 6:1 Amos 5:18–20 Hosea 13:7

Job 10:16 · BSB

Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.

Isaiah 38:13 · BSB

I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

Hosea 5:14 · BSB

For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.

Hosea 6:1 · BSB

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Amos 5:18–20 · BSB

Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

Hosea 13:7 · BSB

So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

“in secret”

Psalm 10:9 Psalm 17:12

Psalm 10:9 · BSB

He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

Psalm 17:12 · BSB

like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.

11He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.

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