Devine Scripture

Psalms 17:12

Psalms chapter 17 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to castusdown to the earth.

v.12This passage

v.13Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

Cross references

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

  • 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.

  • 1 Peter 5:8

    Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  • Psalms 22:13

    They gape upon me with their mouth, Asa ravening and a roaring lion.

  • Psalms 7:2

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

  • 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.