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 out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer. 9He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked. He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places. 11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate. 12He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.

Lamentations 3:10 word by word

דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אֲרִ֖י בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• He is to me like a bearדֹּבdôb dôb · bearH1677
• lyingאָרַב'ârab · to ambushH693
• in secretמִסְתָּרmistâr · hidingH4565

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:10

• Job 10:16Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion; And again You would show Your power against me.
• Isaiah 38:13I composed my soul until morning. Like a lion--so He breaks all my bones, From day until night You make an end of me.
• Hosea 5:14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away, I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.
• Hosea 6:1“Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
• Hosea 13:7So I will be like a lion to them; Like a leopard I will lie in wait by the wayside.
• Amos 5:18Alas, you who are longing for the day of the Lord, For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you? It will be darkness and not light;
• Psalms 10:9He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
• Psalms 17:12He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking 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

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