Lamentations 3:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

He was to me like a bear lying in wait, and like a lion in hiding.

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  • Job 10:16 : 16 For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous upon me.
  • Ps 10:9 : 9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
  • Ps 17:12 : 12 Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.
  • Isa 38:13 : 13 I counted till morning, that as a lion, so will He break all my bones: from day to night You make an end of me.
  • Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us, and he will bind us up.
  • Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way I will observe them: 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
  • Amos 5:18-20 : 18 Woe to you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man fled 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 the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, with no brightness in it?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lam 3:11-12
    2 verses
    85%

    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

    12He has bent His bow and set me as a target for the arrow.

  • Ps 17:12
    83%

    12Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Lam 3:9
    82%

    9He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.

  • Ps 10:8-10
    3 verses
    81%

    8He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are secretly set against the poor.

    9He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

    10He crouches and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

  • Ps 22:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12Many bulls have surrounded me; strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

    13They gaped at me with their mouths, like a ravening and roaring lion.

  • Hos 13:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way I will observe them:

    8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

  • Lam 3:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5He has built against me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

    6He has set me in dark places, like those long dead.

    7He has hedged me in so I cannot get out; He has 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%

    16For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous upon me.

  • Job 16:9-14
    6 verses
    75%

    9He tears me in his wrath, who hates me; he gnashes upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes upon me.

    10They gape upon me with their mouth; they strike me on the cheek reproachfully; they gather themselves together against me.

    11God has delivered me to the ungodly and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

    12I was at ease, but he has broken me apart; he has also seized me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up as his target.

    13His archers surround me, he cleaves my entrails asunder and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.

    14He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a giant.

  • Job 33:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10Behold, He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy;

    11He puts my feet in the stocks, He marks all my paths.

  • Amos 5:19
    75%

    19As if a man fled 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 has led me and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

    3Surely against me He is turned; He turns His hand against me all day long.

  • Job 18:10
    74%

    10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Isa 38:13
    74%

    13I counted till morning, that as a lion, so will He break all my bones: from day to night You make an end of me.

  • Nah 2:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's cub, and none made them afraid?

    12The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with plunder.

  • Ps 57:4
    73%

    4My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who 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, then You knew my path. In the way where I walked, they secretly laid a snare for me.

  • Job 38:40
    73%

    40When they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thickets?

  • Jer 25:38
    73%

    38He has forsaken His shelter, like a lion; for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, 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 learned to catch prey, and devoured men.

  • Jer 20:10
    73%

    10For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, they say, and we will report it. All my familiar friends watched for my faltering, saying, Perhaps he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

  • Ps 140:5
    73%

    5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.

  • Jer 12:8
    73%

    8My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest; it cries out against Me; therefore I have hated it.

  • Prov 28:15
    73%

    15As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over poor people.

  • Ps 143:3
    72%

    3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • Lam 3:16
    72%

    16He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; He has covered me with ashes.

  • Ps 71:10
    72%

    10For my enemies speak against me; and those who lie in wait for my soul take counsel together,

  • Lam 1:13
    72%

    13From above he has sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them: he has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: he has made me desolate and faint all the day.

  • Job 19:8
    72%

    8He has fenced up my way so that I cannot pass, and He has set darkness in my paths.

  • Ps 56:6
    72%

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life.

  • Job 19:11
    72%

    11He has also kindled His wrath against me and counts me as one of His enemies.

  • Ps 17:9
    72%

    9From the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.

  • Joel 1:6
    72%

    6For a nation has come up against my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the cheek teeth of a great lion.

  • Jer 18:22
    71%

    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.