Isaiah 21:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And he cryed, a lion, my Lorde I stande continually vpon the watche towre in the day tyme, and am appoynted to kepe my watch euery nyght.

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  • Hab 2:1-2 : 1 I will stande vpon my watche, and set me vpon the towre, & will loke, and see what he will say vnto me, and what I shall aunswere to him that rebuketh me. 2 And the Lord aunswered me, and said: write the vision, and make it plaine vpon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, & watche, for your aduersarie the deuyll, as a roaryng Lion walketh about seking who he may deuour:
  • Ps 63:6 : 6 Haue I not remembred thee in my bed: and thought vpon thee when I was waking?
  • Ps 127:1 : 1 A song of high degrees (made) for Solomon. If GOD wyll not buylde the house, they labour in vayne that buylde it: if God kepe not the citie, the watchman waketh in vayne.
  • Isa 5:29 : 29 His crye is as it were of a Lion, and he roreth lyke Lions whelpes: they shall roare and hantche vpon the pray, and no man shall recouer it, nor get it from them.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 For his watchmen are all blynde, they haue altogether no vnderstanding, they are all dumbe dogges not beyng able to barke, they are sleepy, sluggishe are they and lye snortyng.
  • Isa 62:6 : 6 I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles O Hierusalem, which shall neither ceasse day nor night to preache the Lorde: and ye also that remember the Lorde, ye shall not kepe him close,
  • Jer 4:7 : 7 For the spoyler of the gentiles is broken vp from his place as a lion out of his denne: that he may make thy lande waste, and destroy the cities, so that no man may dwell therin.
  • Jer 25:38 : 38 They haue forsaken their foldes like as a lion: for their lande is waste because of the spoylers furious crueltie, and of his fearefull indignation.
  • Jer 49:19 : 19 Beholde, lyke as the lion, so shall a destroyer come vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane, vnto the strong dwelling place, & when I haue made hym quiet, I wyll make hym to flee from her, and all chosen men wyll I set in aray against her: Who is lyke vnto me? what is he that wyll striue with me? what sheephearde may stande in my handes?
  • Jer 50:44 : 44 Beholde, like as the lion commeth vp from the swellyng of Iordane vnto the dennes of Ethan, so wyll I dryue them foorth, and make them runne agaynst her: But whom shall I choose out and ordayne to such a thyng? for who is like me? or who wil striue with me? or what sheephearde may stande agaynst me?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 21:4-7
    4 verses
    78%

    4My heart panted, fearefulnesse came vpon me: the nyght of my voluptuousnesse hath he turned agaynst me into feare.

    5Whyle they garnished the table, the watchman loked: and whyle I was eatyng and drynkyng, it was sayde, vp ye captaynes, take you to your shielde.

    6For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me: Go and set a watchman to tel what he seeth.

    7And he sawe a charret which two horsemen sat vpon, with the cariage of an Asse, and the cariage of a Camel: So he loked, and toke diligent heede.

  • Isa 21:9-12
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    76%

    9And beholde here commeth a charret of men, with two horsemen, and he aunswered and sayd, Babylon is fallen, it is fallen, and all the images of her gods hath he smitten downe vnto the grounde.

    10Thou art he whom I must threshe, and thou belongest to my corne floure: This that I hearde of the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel, haue I shewed vnto you.

    11The burthen of Duma. He calleth to me out of Seir: watchman what hast thou espied by nyght? watchman what hast thou espied by nyght?

    12The watchman sayde, The mornyng commeth, and so doth the nyght: If ye wyll aske me any question, then aske it: returne and come agayne.

  • Hab 2:1
    74%

    1I will stande vpon my watche, and set me vpon the towre, & will loke, and see what he will say vnto me, and what I shall aunswere to him that rebuketh me.

  • Isa 62:6
    72%

    6I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles O Hierusalem, which shall neither ceasse day nor night to preache the Lorde: and ye also that remember the Lorde, ye shall not kepe him close,

  • Isa 38:13
    71%

    13I thought I woulde haue lyued vntyll the morowe, but he brused my bones lyke a lion: and in one day thou wylt make an ende of me.

  • Isa 31:4
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    4For thus hath the Lorde spoken vnto me: Lyke as the lion and lions whelpe roareth vpon the pray that he hath gotten, and is not afraide though the multitude of shepheardes crye out vpon him, neither be abashed for all the heape of them: so shall the Lorde of hoastes come downe to fight for mount Sion, and defende his hyll.

  • Ezek 9:1
    71%

    1He cryed also with a loude voyce in mine eares, saying: Drawe neare ye visitations of the citie, euery man with a destroying weapon in his hande.

  • Jer 4:21
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    21Howe long shall I see the tokens of warre, and heare the noyse of the trumpettes?

  • Ps 22:13
    70%

    13They gape vpon me with their mouthes: as it were a rampyng and a roryng lion.

  • Ps 88:1
    70%

    1A song, the psalme of the sonnes of Corach, to the chiefe musition vpon Mahalath Leannoth, a wise instruction of Heman the Ezrahite. O God the Lorde of my saluation, I crye day and night before thee:

  • Amos 3:8
    70%

    8The lion hath roared, who wil not be afrayde? The Lorde God hath spoken, who can but prophecie?

  • Jer 51:38
    70%

    38They shall rose together lyke lions, and as the young lions when they be angry, so shall they bende them selues.

  • Ezek 21:8
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    8Agayne, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:

  • Ezek 12:8
    70%

    8And in the mornyng came the worde of the Lorde vnto me, saying:

  • Hos 13:7
    70%

    7Therfore wyll I be vnto them as a lion, and as a leoparde in the wayes to the Assyrians.

  • Joel 1:6
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    6For a nation is come vp vpon my lande, mightie and without number: his teeth are as the teeth of a lion, and he hath the iawes of a great lion.

  • Jer 20:8
    69%

    8For since I began to preache, I cryed out against violencie, and exclamed against oppression: for the whiche cause they cast the worde of the Lorde in my teeth, to my reproche continually.

  • Lam 3:10
    69%

    10He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare, and as a lion in a hole.

  • Nah 2:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11Where is the abiding place of lions, and the feding plot of lions whelpes become, whyther the young and olde lion had their resort? there dwelt the lion, & there was no man to put him in feare.

    12The lion made his praye aboundauntly for his whelpes, and strangled for his she lions, and hath filled his dennes with pray, and his abyding places with spoyle.

  • Ps 17:12
    69%

    12Aryse O God, preuent his commyng, make hym to bowe: delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly which is thy sworde.

  • Jer 50:44
    69%

    44Beholde, like as the lion commeth vp from the swellyng of Iordane vnto the dennes of Ethan, so wyll I dryue them foorth, and make them runne agaynst her: But whom shall I choose out and ordayne to such a thyng? for who is like me? or who wil striue with me? or what sheephearde may stande agaynst me?

  • Jer 51:12
    69%

    12Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babylon, make your watch strong, set your watchmen in araye, yea holde priuie watches, and yet for all that shall the Lorde go foorth with his deuice which he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babylon.

  • Mic 1:8
    69%

    8Wherefore I wyll mourne and make lamentation, bare and naked wyl I go: I wyll mourne lyke the Dragons, and take sorowe as the Ostriches.

  • Jer 4:7
    69%

    7For the spoyler of the gentiles is broken vp from his place as a lion out of his denne: that he may make thy lande waste, and destroy the cities, so that no man may dwell therin.

  • Zeph 1:16
    69%

    16A day of the trumpet and alarum against the strong cities, and hie towres.

  • 2 Sam 18:25
    68%

    25And the watchman cryed, & tolde the king. And the king sayd: If he be alone, there is tydinges in his mouth. And he came a pace, and drewe neare.

  • Dan 6:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19But betimes in the morning at the breake of the day, the king arose, & went in all haste vnto the denne of the lions.

    20Now as he came nye vnto the denne, he cryed with a pitious voyce vnto Daniel, yea the king spake and saide vnto Daniel: O Daniel, thou seruaut of the liuing God, is not thy God whom thou seruest alway, able to deliuer thee from ye lions?

  • Jer 31:6
    68%

    6For the dayes shall come when the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall crye, Arise, let vs go vp vnto Sion to our Lorde God.

  • Neh 7:3
    68%

    3And saide vnto them: Let not the gates of Hierusalem be opened vntil the sunne be whot: and while they stand by, let them shut the doores & barre them. And we appoynted certaine citezins of Hierusalem to be watchmen, euery one to keepe his watch, and euery one to be ouer against his house.

  • Isa 5:29
    68%

    29His crye is as it were of a Lion, and he roreth lyke Lions whelpes: they shall roare and hantche vpon the pray, and no man shall recouer it, nor get it from them.

  • Ps 55:17
    68%

    17In the euening and morning, and at noone day wyll I pray, and that most instantly: and he wyll heare my voyce.

  • Ps 22:2
    68%

    2O my God I crye all the day tyme, and in the night season, and I ceasse not: but thou hearest not.

  • Job 30:28
    68%

    28I went mourning without heate, I stoode vp in the congregation, & communed with them.

  • Ezek 33:7
    68%

    7And thou O sonne at man, I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt here the worde at my mouth, and thou shalt warne them from me.

  • Ps 55:10
    68%

    10They do compasse it day and night within the walles: mischiefe also and labour, are in the midst of it.

  • Isa 56:10
    68%

    10For his watchmen are all blynde, they haue altogether no vnderstanding, they are all dumbe dogges not beyng able to barke, they are sleepy, sluggishe are they and lye snortyng.

  • Ps 102:7
    68%

    7I watch, and am as it were a sparrowe that sitteth alone vpon the house toppe.

  • Isa 22:5
    68%

    5For this is a day of trouble, of ruine, and of destruction, that the Lorde the God of hoastes wyll bryng to passe in the valley of vision, breakyng downe the citie, and crying vnto mountaynes.

  • Num 23:24
    68%

    24Beholde, the people shall ryse vp as a Lion, and heaue vp him self as a young Lion: He shall not lye downe, vntyll he eate of the pray, and drinke the blood of them that are slayne.

  • Zech 6:8
    68%

    8Then cryed he vpon me, & spake vnto me, saying: Beholde, these that go toward the north, shal stil my wrath in the north countrey.

  • Zech 1:10
    67%

    10And the man that stoode among the myrre trees aunswered, and said: These are they whom the Lorde hath sent to go thorowe the world.

  • Amos 3:4
    67%

    4Wyll a lion roare in the forest when he hath no pray? or wil a lions whelpe crye out of his denne, if he haue taken nothing?