God’s Word Translation
Lamentations 3:10
10He is like a bear waiting to ambush me, like a lion in hiding.
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 call for help, he shuts out my prayer. 9He has blocked my way with cut stones and made my paths crooked. He is like a bear waiting to ambush me, like a lion in hiding. 11He has forced me off the road I was taking, torn me to pieces, and left me with nothing. 12He has drawn his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:10 word by word
דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אֲרִ֖י בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:10
- Job 10:16Like a proud, ferocious lion you hunt me down. You keep working your miracles against me.
- Isaiah 38:13I cried out until morning as if a lion had crushed all my bones. You ended my life in one day.
- Hosea 5:14I will be like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the nation of Judah. I will carry ⌞them⌟ off, and no one will rescue ⌞them⌟.
- Hosea 6:1Let’s return to the Lord. Even though he has torn us to pieces, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bandage our wounds.
- Hosea 13:7So I will be like a lion. Like a leopard I will wait by the road to ambush you.
- Amos 5:18How horrible it will be for those who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for that day? The day of the Lord is one of darkness and not light.
- Psalms 10:9He lies in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people when he draws them into his net.
- Psalms 17:12Each one of them is like a lion eager to tear ⌞its prey⌟ apart and like a young lion crouching in hiding 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
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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
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