Devine Scripture

Lamentations 3:10

Lamentations chapter 3 · verse 10 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.9He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.

v.10This passage

v.11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 17:12

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

  • Psalms 10:9

    He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

  • Amos 5:18

    Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

  • Hosea 6:1

    Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

  • Isaiah 38:13

    I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

  • Hosea 5:14

    For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.