Lamentations 3:10

Lamentations 3:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
• New International Version (NIV)Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding,
• English Standard Version (ESV)He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.

Context of Lamentations 3:10

8Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places. 11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate. 12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Lamentations 3:10 word by word

דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אֲרִ֖י בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• bearדֹּבdôb dôb · bearH1677
• lyingאָרַב'ârab · to ambushH693
• lionאֲרִי'ărîy 'aryêh · lionH738
• secretמִסְתָּרmistâr · hidingH4565

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:10

• Job 10:16And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.
• Isaiah 38:13I kept still until the morning; ...as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me.
• Hosea 5:14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
• Hosea 6:1Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
• Hosea 13:7And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;
• Amos 5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:
• Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
• Psalms 17:12He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1310-13. (Job 10:16; Ho 13:7, 8).Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Bear
• Despondency
• Lion

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Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings