Tree of Life Version
Lamentations 3:10
10He is a lurking bear to me, 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 out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer. 9He walled in my ways with hewn stone. He twisted my paths. He is a lurking bear to me, a lion in hiding. 11He turned aside my paths and tore me to pieces. He has made me desolate. 12He bent His bow and made me the target for His arrow.
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 10:16If my head is held high, You hunt me like a lion, and again work wonders against me.
- Isaiah 38:13I stilled my soul till morning. Like a lion, He will break all my bones. From day till night You make my end.
- 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 and go away. I will carry off, and nobody will rescue.
- Hosea 6:1Come, let us return to Adonai. For He has torn, but He will heal us. He has smitten, but He will bind us up.
- Hosea 13:7So I became like a lion to them— like a leopard lying in wait by the way.
- Amos 5:18Oy to you—longing for the Day of Adonai! What would it be for you? The Day of Adonai will be darkness and not light.
- Psalms 10:9He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in a thicket. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the unfortunate one, dragging him away in his net.
- Psalms 17:12like a lion eager to tear to pieces, like a young lion crouching in cover.
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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