Lamentations 3:10

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

Lamentations 3:10 · King James Version

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In other versions

He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
ASV
He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.
BBE
He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
DBY
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
WEB
A bear lying in wait He `is' to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
YLT
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
ENG
He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
WBT
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
BSB

In context

⁸Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

⁹He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

¹⁰He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

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.

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