He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. Treasury of Scripture unto Job 10:16 For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion: and again you show yourself marvelous on me. Isaiah 38:13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night will you make an end of me. Hosea 5:14 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... Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up. Hosea 13:7,8 Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them... Amos 5:18-20 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... in secret Psalm 10:9 He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor... Psalm 17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Context Jeremiah's Afflictions
1I AM the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2He has led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3Surely against me is he turned; he turns his hand against me all the day. 4My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones. 5He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6He has set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy. 8Also when I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer. 9He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he has made my paths crooked. 10He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. 11He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he has made me desolate. 12He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 13He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. 14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. 15He has filled me with bitterness, he has made me drunken with wormwood. 16He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he has covered me with ashes. 17And you have removed my soul far off from peace: I forgot prosperity. 18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: Parallel Verses American Standard Version
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.
Darby Bible Translation
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
King James Bible
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
Young's Literal Translation
A bear lying in wait He is to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
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