“He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.”
King James Version (KJV)
3:9 Enclosed - He has defeated all my methods and counsels for security, by insuperable difficulties like walls of hewn stone. Crooked - Nay, God not only defeated their counsels, but made them fatal and pernicious to them.
He was vnto me as a Beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
He is to me like a bear lying in wait, {Like} a lion in secret places.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.
- Basic English Bible
He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
- Darby Bible
He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
- Webster's Bible
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
- World English Bible
A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
- Youngs Literal Bible
He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible