Lamentations 3:10
Modern Translations
New International Version
Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding,

New Living Translation
He has hidden like a bear or a lion, waiting to attack me.

English Standard Version
He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;

Berean Study Bible
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

New American Standard Bible
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.

NASB 1995
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.

NASB 1977
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.

Amplified Bible
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, And like a lion [hiding] in secret places.

Christian Standard Bible
He is a bear waiting in ambush, a lion in hiding.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He is a bear waiting in ambush, a lion in hiding.

Contemporary English Version
God was like a bear or a lion waiting in ambush for me;

Good News Translation
He waited for me like a bear; he pounced on me like a lion.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He is like a bear waiting to ambush me, like a lion in hiding.

International Standard Version
He is like a bear that lies in wait for me, a lion in hiding.

NET Bible
To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

New King James Version
He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.

King James 2000 Bible
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

New Heart English Bible
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.

World English Bible
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

American King James Version
He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

American Standard Version
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

A Faithful Version
He was as a bear lying in wait for me, as a lion in secret places.

Darby Bible Translation
He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.

English Revised Version
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

Webster's Bible Translation
He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare, and as a lion in a hole.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He layeth waite for me like a Bere, and as a lyon in a hole.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, "" A lion in secret hiding places.

Young's Literal Translation
A bear lying in wait He is to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.

Smith's Literal Translation
He is to me a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

Catholic Public Domain Version
DALETH. He has become to me like a bear lying in ambush, like a lion in hiding.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Daleth For a wolf was lying in wait for me and a lion in a secret place

Lamsa Bible
He has been to me as a wolf lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, As a lion in secret places.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
he has troubled me, as a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me as a lion in secret places.
















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