Lamentations 3:10
A bear lying in wait He `is' to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 10:16 : 16 And it riseth -- as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back -- Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.
- Ps 10:9 : 9 He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
- Ps 17:12 : 12 His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.
- Isa 38:13 : 13 I have set `Him' till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me.
- Hos 5:14 : 14 For I `am' as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I -- I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer.
- Hos 6:1 : 1 `Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.
- Hos 13:7-8 : 7 And I am to them as a lion, As a leopard by the way I look out. 8 I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.
- Amos 5:18-20 : 18 Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why `is' this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light, 19 As `when' one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him. 20 Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?
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11 My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.
12 He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
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12 His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.
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9 He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
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8 He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,
9 He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
10 He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
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12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me,
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7 And I am to them as a lion, As a leopard by the way I look out.
8 I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.
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5 He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
6 In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
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2 Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.
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16 And it riseth -- as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back -- Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.
- Job 16:9-146 verses75%
9 His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.
10 They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.
11 God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.
12 At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.
13 Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.
14 He breaketh me -- breach upon breach, He runneth upon me as a mighty one.
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10 Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,
11 He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.'
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19 As `when' one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.
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2 Me He hath led, and causeth to go `in' darkness, and without light.
3 Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.
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10 Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.
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13 I have set `Him' till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me.
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4 My soul `is' in the midst of lions, I lie down `among' flames -- sons of men, Their teeth `are' a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
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3 When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way `in' which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.
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40 When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?
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5 The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.
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8 Mine inheritance hath been to Me as a lion in a forest, She gave forth against Me with her voice, Therefore I have hated her.
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15 A growling lion, and a ranging bear, `Is' the wicked ruler over a poor people.
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3 For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.
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16 And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
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10 For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,
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13 From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate -- all the day sick.
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8 My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.
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6 They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.
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11 And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries.
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9 From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.
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6 For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth `are' the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
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22 A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.