New English Translation
Lamentations 3:10
10To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
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
8Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer. 9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable. ד (Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey. 11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate. 12He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow. ה (He)
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דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אֲרִ֖י בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 3:10
- Job 10:16If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me.
- Isaiah 38:13I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.
- Hosea 5:14I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!
- Hosea 6:1“Come on! Let’s return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!
- Hosea 13:7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
- Amos 5:18Woe to those who wish for the day of the Lord! Why do you want the Lord’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.
- Psalms 10:9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.
- Psalms 17:12He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden 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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