Lamentations 3:10

Hebrew Names Version

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

Parallel Translations

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

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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and 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 has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. ² He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light. ³ Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day. ⁴ My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones. ⁵ He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. ⁶ He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. ⁷ He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy. ⁸ Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer. ⁹ He has walled up my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked. ¹⁰ He is to me as a bear lying in wait, 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
They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:7
Both of their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Genesis 3:17
To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.

Exodus 3:6
Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Avraham, the God of Yitzchak, and the God of Ya`akov." Moshe hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 32:25
When Moshe saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aharon had let them loose for a derision among their enemies,)

Job 23:15
Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.

Psalms 119:120
My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Tziyon are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burning?

Isaiah 47:3
Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no 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.