Lamentations 3:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 10:16 : 16 And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
Ps 10:9 : 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.
Ps 17:12 : 12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Isa 38:13 : 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.
Hos 5:14 : 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.
Hos 6:1 : 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.
Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way; 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
Amos 5:18-20 : 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lam 3:11-12
2 verses
85%
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Ps 17:12
83%
12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Lam 3:9
82%
9He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
Ps 10:8-10
3 verses
81%
8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.
9He 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.
10He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
Ps 22:12-13
2 verses
78%
12Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.
Hos 13:7-8
2 verses
78%
7Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;
8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
Lam 3:5-7
3 verses
77%
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
7He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
Ps 7:2
76%
2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Job 10:16
75%
16And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
Job 16:9-14
6 verses
75%
9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
11God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
12I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.
13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
Job 33:10-11
2 verses
75%
10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy:
11He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.
Amos 5:19
75%
19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Lam 3:2-3
2 verses
74%
2He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.
Job 18:10
74%
10A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
Isa 38:13
74%
13I 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.
Nah 2:11-12
2 verses
74%
11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Ps 57:4
73%
4My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Ps 142:3
73%
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
Job 38:40
73%
40When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Jer 25:38
73%
38He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.
Ezek 19:6
73%
6And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
Jer 20:10
73%
10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Ps 140:5
73%
5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {H5542}
Jer 12:8
73%
8My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
Prov 28:15
73%
15[ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Ps 143:3
72%
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Lam 3:16
72%
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
Ps 71:10
72%
10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
Lam 1:13
72%
13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Job 19:8
72%
8He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Ps 56:6
72%
6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
Job 19:11
72%
11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.
Ps 17:9
72%
9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.
Joel 1:6
72%
6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
Jer 18:22
71%
22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.