Psalm 17:12
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Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
In other translations
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Psalm 7:2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
- Psalm 10:9He 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.He 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, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- 2 Timothy 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.But 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.
- Psalm 22:13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
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