KJV King James Version
He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Lamentations 3:10
He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
WEB World English Bible
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
ASV American Standard Version
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A bear lying in wait He is to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
Surrounding context — Lamentations 3
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10 He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
Cross-references
Hosea 13:7-8Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:Amos 5:18-20Woe unto 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.Hosea 5:14For 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 take away, and none shall rescue [him].Psalm 10:9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.Isaiah 38:13I reckoned till morning, [that], as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day [even] to night wilt thou make an end of me.Job 10:16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.Psalm 17:12Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Lamentations 3:10
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →