Hear My Righteous Plea

Psalms 17:12

In 11 translations

BSB: like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
KJV: Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.Like…: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravinlurking: Heb. sitting
WEB: He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
ASV: He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
LSV: His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, || As a young lion dwelling in secret places.
YLT: His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.
DBY: He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.
DRC16:12: They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.
GNV: Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places.
JPS: He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.
LXXE16:12: They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion's whelp dwelling in secret places.

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: דִּמְיֹנ֗וֹ כְּ֭אַרְיֵה יִכְס֣וֹף לִטְר֑וֹף וְ֝כִכְפִ֗יר יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃
LXX-Br16:12: Ὑπέλαβόν με ὡσεὶ λέων ἕτοιμος εἰς θήραν, καὶ ὡσεὶ σκύμνος οἰκῶν ἐν ἀποκρύφοις.

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Psalms 7:2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Psalms 22:13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

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