Lamentations 3:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Lamentations 3:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 3:10 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Lamentations 3:10 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Lamentations 3:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Lamentations 3:10 — World English Bible

Lamentations 3:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Lamentations 3:10 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 3:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“A bear lying in wait He <FI>is<Fi> to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.”

Lamentations 3:10 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 3:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Lamentations 3:10 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 3:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.”

Lamentations 3:10 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 3:10 in Context — Lamentations 3

8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

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

11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

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What Does Lamentations 3:10 Mean?

Lamentations 3:10 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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