Lamentations 3:10

Douay-Rheims Bible

Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He is a bear waiting in ambush,a lion in hiding.

Hebrew Names Version
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

King James Version
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

English Standard Version
He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;

New American Standard Bible
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.

New Century Version
He is like a bear ready to attack me, like a lion in hiding.

Amplified Bible
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, And like a lion [hiding] in secret places.

World English Bible
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.

Legacy Standard Bible
He is to me like a bear lying in wait,Like a lion in secret places.

Berean Standard Bible
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion in hiding.

Contemporary English Version
God was like a bear or a lion waiting in ambush for me;

Complete Jewish Bible
He lies in wait for me like a bear, like a lion in hiding.

Darby Translation
He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.

Easy-to-Read Version
He is like a bear about to attack me, like a lion that is in a hiding place.

George Lamsa Translation
He has been to me as a wolf lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

Good News Translation
He waited for me like a bear; he pounced on me like a lion.

Lexham English Bible
To me he is like a bear lying in wait, a lion in hiding.

Literal Translation
He was a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in secret places.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He layeth waite for me like a Bere, and as a lyon in a hole.

American Standard Version
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

Bible in Basic English
He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

King James Version (1611)
He was vnto me as a Beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare, and as a lion in a hole.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
he has troubled me, as a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me as a lion in secret places.

English Revised Version
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Deleth. He is maad a bere settinge aspies to me, a lioun in hid places.

Update Bible Version
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

Webster's Bible Translation
He [was] to me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.

New English Translation

ד (Dalet)

To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.

New King James Version
He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.

New Living Translation
He has hidden like a bear or a lion, waiting to attack me.

New Life Bible
He is like a bear lying in wait, like a lion hiding in secret places.

New Revised Standard
He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A bear lying in wait, he is to me, a lion, in secret places;

Revised Standard Version
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding;

Young's Literal Translation
A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.

THE MESSAGE
He's a prowling bear tracking me down, a lion in hiding ready to pounce. He knocked me from the path and ripped me to pieces. When he finished, there was nothing left of me. He took out his bow and arrows and used me for target practice.

Contextual Overview

¹ Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation. ² Aleph. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light. ³ Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day. ⁴ Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones. ⁵ Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall, and labour. ⁶ Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever. ⁷ Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy. ⁸ Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer. ⁹ Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down. ¹⁰ Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unto: Job 10:16, Isaiah 38:13, Hosea 5:14, Hosea 6:1, Hosea 13:7, Hosea 13:8, Amos 5:18-20

in secret: Psalms 10:9, Psalms 17:12

Reciprocal: Job 16:9 - teareth me

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened: and when they perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons.

Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life.

Genesis 3:18
Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth.

Exodus 3:6
And he said: I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid his face: for he durst not look at God.

Exodus 32:25
And when Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth, and had set them naked among their enemies)

Job 23:15
And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.

Psalms 119:120
(118-120) Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.

Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Sion are afraid, trembling hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you can dwell with devouring fire? which of you shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Isaiah 47:3
Thy nakedness shall be discovered, and thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and no man shall resist me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait,.... For its prey, which seizes on it at once, and tears it in pieces; such were the Chaldeans to the Jews by divine permission:

[and as] a lion in secret places; lurking there, in order to take every opportunity and advantage, and fall upon any creature that comes that way. The same thing is signified here as before; see Hosea 5:14.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 simile arises out of the former one, the idea of a hunter being suggested by that of the bear and lion. When the hunter comes, it is not to save him.

Lamentations 3:14

Metaphor is dropped, and Jeremiah shows the real nature of the arrows which rankled in him so deeply.

Lamentations 3:15

“He hath” filled me to the full with bitterness, i. e. bitter sorrows Job 9:18.

Lamentations 3:16

Broken my teeth with gravel stones - His bread was so filled with grit that in eating it his teeth were broken.

Lamentations 3:17

Prosperity - literally, as in the margin, i. e. I forgot what good was, I lost the very idea of what it meant.

Lamentations 3:18

The prophet reaches the verge of despair. But by struggling against it he reaches at length firm ground.