Lamentations 3:10
“He was vnto me as a Beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.”
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Lamentations 3:10 Context
8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 9Hee hath inclosed my wayes with hewen stone: he hath made my pathes crooked. 10He was vnto me as a Beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places. 11Hee hath turned aside my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: hee hath made me desolate. 12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a marke for the arrow.
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He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
- King James Version
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, {Like} a lion in secret places.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.
- Basic English Bible
He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
- Darby Bible
He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
- Webster's Bible
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
- World English Bible
A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
- Youngs Literal Bible
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible