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Lamentations 3:10

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3:10To me he is like a bear lying in ambush,22

like a hidden lion23 stalking its prey.24

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  1. 22 Heb “he is to me [like] a bear lying in wait.”
  2. 23 The Kethib is written אַרְיֵה (’aryeh, “lion”), while the Qere is אֲרִי (’ari, “lion”), simply a short spelling of the same term ( 71 אַרְיֵה).
  3. 24 Heb “a lion in hiding places.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He is a bear lying in wait for me,

a lion in hiding;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Like a bear lying in wait,

like a lion in hiding,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He is a bear waiting in ambush,

a lion in hiding.

NLTNew Living Translation

He has hidden like a bear or a lion,

waiting to attack me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

To me he is like a bear lying in wait,

a lion in hiding.

KJV 1900King James Version

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