Lamentations 3:10

Geneva Bible

He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.

Parallel Translations

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

Hebrew Names Version
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

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

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

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

New Century Version
He is like a bear ready to attack me, like a lion in hiding.

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

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.

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

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
He lies in wait for me like a bear, like a lion in hiding.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
He is like a bear about to attack me, like a lion that is in a hiding place.

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

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

Lexham English Bible
To me he is like a bear lying in wait, a lion in hiding.

Literal Translation
He was a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in secret places.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He layeth waite for me like a Bere, and as a lyon in a hole.

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

Bible in Basic English
He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

King James Version (1611)
He was vnto me as a Beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare, and as a lion in a hole.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
he has troubled me, as a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me as a lion in secret places.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Deleth. He is maad a bere settinge aspies to me, a lioun in hid places.

Update Bible Version
He is to 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.

New English Translation

ד (Dalet)

To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.

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

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

New Life Bible
He is like a bear lying in wait, like a lion hiding in secret places.

New Revised Standard
He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A bear lying in wait, he is to me, 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.

Revised Standard Version
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding;

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

THE MESSAGE
He's a prowling bear tracking me down, a lion in hiding ready to pounce. He knocked me from the path and ripped me to pieces. When he finished, there was nothing left of me. He took out his bow and arrows and used me for target practice.

Contextual Overview

¹ I am the man, that hath seene affliction in the rod of his indignation. ² He hath ledde mee, and brought me into darkenes, but not to light. ³ Surely he is turned against me: he turneth his hand against me all the day. ⁴ My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones. ⁵ He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall, and labour. ⁶ He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead for euer. ⁷ He hath hedged about mee, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chaines heauy. ⁸ Also when I cry and showte, hee shutteth out my prayer. ⁹ He hath stopped vp my wayes with hewen stone, and turned away my paths. ¹⁰ He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unto: Job 10:16, Isaiah 38:13, Hosea 5:14, Hosea 6:1, Hosea 13:7, Hosea 13:8, Amos 5:18-20

in secret: Psalms 10:9, Psalms 17:12

Reciprocal: Job 16:9 - teareth me

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaues together, and made them selues breeches.

Genesis 3:17
Also to Adam he said, Because thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it) cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life.

Genesis 3:18
Thornes also, and thistles shall it bring foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the herbe of the fielde.

Exodus 3:6
Moreouer he saide, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob. Then Moses hid his face: for he was afraid to looke vpon God.

Exodus 32:25
Moses therefore sawe that the people were naked (for Aaron had made them naked vnto their shame among their enemies)

Job 23:15
Therefore I am troubled at his presence, & in considering it, I am afraid of him.

Psalms 119:120
My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.

Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Zion are afraide: a feare is come vpon the hypocrites: who among vs shall dwel with the deuouring fire? who among vs shall dwell with the euerlasting burnings?

Isaiah 47:3
Thy filthinesse shall be discouered, and thy shame shall be seene: I will take vengeance, and I will not meete thee as a man.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait,.... For its prey, which seizes on it at once, and tears it in pieces; such were the Chaldeans to the Jews by divine permission:

[and as] a lion in secret places; lurking there, in order to take every opportunity and advantage, and fall upon any creature that comes that way. The same thing is signified here as before; see Hosea 5:14.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape.

Lamentations 3:11

The meaning is, “God, as a lion, lying in wait, has made me turn aside from my path, but my flight was in vain, for springing upon me from His ambush lie has torn me in pieces.”

Desolate - Or, astonied, stupefied that he cannot flee. The word is a favorite one with Jeremiah.

Lamentations 3:12

This new simile arises out of the former one, the idea of a hunter being suggested by that of the bear and lion. When the hunter comes, it is not to save him.

Lamentations 3:14

Metaphor is dropped, and Jeremiah shows the real nature of the arrows which rankled in him so deeply.

Lamentations 3:15

“He hath” filled me to the full with bitterness, i. e. bitter sorrows Job 9:18.

Lamentations 3:16

Broken my teeth with gravel stones - His bread was so filled with grit that in eating it his teeth were broken.

Lamentations 3:17

Prosperity - literally, as in the margin, i. e. I forgot what good was, I lost the very idea of what it meant.

Lamentations 3:18

The prophet reaches the verge of despair. But by struggling against it he reaches at length firm ground.