Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;
he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.

New American Standard Bible

He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

King James Version

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

International Standard Version

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

A Conservative Version

He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert. He lays in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net.

American Standard Version

He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

Amplified


He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair;
He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

Bible in Basic English

He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.

Darby Translation

He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

Julia Smith Translation

He will lie in wait in secret as the lion in her den: he will lie in wait to catch the poor one: he will catch the poor one in drawing him into his net

King James 2000

He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor, when he draws him into his net.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He lies in ambush {secretly,} like a lion in a thicket. He lies in ambush to seize [the] poor; he seizes [the] poor by catching him in his net.

Modern King James verseion

He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For he lieth waiting secretly; even as a lion lurketh he in his den, that he may ravish the poor. He doth ravish the poor when he getteth him into his net.

NET Bible

He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

New Heart English Bible

He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

The Emphasized Bible

He lieth in wait in a hiding-place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net:

Webster

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

World English Bible

He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

Youngs Literal Translation

He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He lieth in wait
ארב 
'arab 
Usage: 42

מסתּר 
Mictar 
Usage: 10

as a lion
אריה ארי 
'ariy 
Usage: 80

in his den
סך 
Cok 
Usage: 4

he lieth in wait
ארב 
'arab 
Usage: 42

to catch
חטף 
Chataph 
Usage: 3

the poor
עני 
`aniy 
עני 
`aniy 
Usage: 75
Usage: 75

he doth catch
חטף 
Chataph 
Usage: 3

משׁך 
Mashak 
Usage: 36

References

Easton

Den

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Prayer For God To Throw Down The Wicked

8 He waits in ambush near the villages;
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
9 he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.
He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;
he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.
10 So he is oppressed and beaten down;
the helpless fall because of his strength.



Cross References

Psalm 17:12

They are like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.

Psalm 59:3

Lord, look! They set an ambush for me.
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

Micah 7:2

Godly people have vanished from the land;
there is no one upright among the people.
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;
they hunt each other with a net.

Job 5:15-16

He saves the needy from their sharp words
and from the clutches of the powerful.

Psalm 12:5

“Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”

Psalm 35:10

My very bones will say,
Lord, who is like You,
rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,
the poor or the needy from one who robs him?”

Psalm 37:14

The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the bow
to bring down the afflicted and needy
and to slaughter those whose way is upright.

Psalm 109:31

For He stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him.

Psalm 140:5

The proud hide a trap with ropes for me;
they spread a net along the path
and set snares for me.Selah

Proverbs 14:31

The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker,
but one who is kind to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 22:16

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.

Proverbs 28:15

A wicked ruler over a helpless people
is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.

Isaiah 3:15

Why do you crush My people
and grind the faces of the poor?”
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.

Isaiah 32:7

The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive;
he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,
even when the poor says what is right.

Jeremiah 5:26

for wicked men live among My people.
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.
They set a trap;
they catch men.

Lamentations 3:10

ד DaletHe is a bear waiting in ambush,
a lion in hiding.

Ezekiel 19:3-6

She brought up one of her cubs,
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the foreign resident.

Amos 2:6-7

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Israel
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest
when it has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from its lair
unless it has captured something?

Amos 5:11-12

Therefore, because you trample on the poor
and exact a grain tax from him,
you will never live in the houses of cut stone
you have built;
you will never drink the wine
from the lush vineyards
you have planted.

Nahum 2:11-12

Where is the lions’ lair,
or the feeding ground of the young lions,
where the lion and lioness prowled,
and the lion’s cub,
with nothing to frighten them away?

Habakkuk 1:15

The Chaldeans pull them all up with a hook,
catch them in their dragnet,
and gather them in their fishing net;
that is why they are glad and rejoice.

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierce his head
with his own spears;
his warriors storm out to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.

Zechariah 11:3

Listen to the wail of the shepherds,
for their glory is destroyed.
Listen to the roar of young lions,
for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.

John 10:12

The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.

Acts 23:21

Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.”

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