King James Version

Lamentations 3:10

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

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דֹּ֣בdovbearדֹּבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bear”, the ordinary formH1677the bear (as slow)bear.אֹרֵ֥בorevambushאָרַבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “ambush”, a verb used as a describing wordH693to lurk(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.הוּא֙huas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.לִ֔יlitoלִ֔יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toאריהryhlionאֲרִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lion”, the ordinary formH738a lion(young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).אֲרִ֖יarilionאֲרִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lion”, the ordinary formH738a lion(young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).בְּמִסְתָּרִֽיםbemistarimin secretמִסְתָּרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in secret”, the ordinary formH4565properly, a concealer, i.e. a covertsecret(-ly, place).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.

World English Bible

He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

he has troubled me, as a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me as a lion in secret places.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐτάραξεν ἄρκος ἐνεδρεύουσα, αὐτός μοι λέων ἐν κρυφαίοις,

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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