Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me.

New American Standard Bible

Or he will tear my soul like a lion,
Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.

King James Version

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Holman Bible

or they will tear me like a lion,
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

A Conservative Version

lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

American Standard Version

Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Amplified


So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,
Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].

Bible in Basic English

So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

Darby Translation

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.

Julia Smith Translation

Lest he shall rend my soul as the lion, breaking in pieces and none delivering.

King James 2000

Lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none [to] deliver.

Modern King James verseion

lest he tear my soul like a lion, tearing it in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, while there is none to help.

NET Bible

Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

New Heart English Bible

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

The Emphasized Bible

Lest one tear, as a lion, my soul, - and there be no deliverer to rescue.

Webster

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

World English Bible

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.

References

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Context Readings

Prayer For Justice

1 LORD, my God, I seek refuge in you. Deliver me from those who persecute me! Rescue me! 2 Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me. 3 LORD, my God, if I have done this thing, if there is injustice on my hands,


Cross References

Psalm 50:22

Consider this, you who have forgotten God Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer:

Isaiah 38:13

I've been swept bare until morning; just like a lion, he breaks all my bones day and night you make an end of me.

Deuteronomy 33:20

About Gad he said: "Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad! Like a roaring lion, he crouches, tearing arm and scalp.

Judges 18:28

They had no one else to deliver them, because they lived far from Sidon and had no dealings with anyone. It lay in the valley near Beth-rehob. They rebuilt the city and lived in it.

2 Samuel 14:6

"I've been a widowed woman ever since my husband died," she answered. "Your humble servant used to have two sons, but they got into a fight out in the field. Because there was no one to keep them apart, one of them attacked the other and killed him.

Job 10:7

Although you know that I'm not guilty, there's no one to deliver me from you!

Psalm 10:9

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.

Psalm 17:12

Like a lion they desire to rip us to pieces, like a young lion waiting in ambush.

Psalm 22:13

Their mouths are opened wide toward me, like roaring and attacking lions.

Psalm 35:15

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me attackers whom I did not know. They tore me apart and would not stop.

Proverbs 19:12

The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion, but his goodwill is like dew on the grass.

Hosea 13:7-8

"So I will be like a lion to them. Like a leopard I will stalk them along the road.

2 Timothy 4:17

However, the Lord stood by me and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles could hear it. I was rescued out of a lion's mouth.

1 Peter 5:8

Be clear-minded and alert. Your opponent, the Devil, is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

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