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Hosea 13:7

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

KJV

Et ego ero eis quasi leæna, sicut pardus in via Assyriorum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς ὡς πανθὴρ καὶ ὡς πάρδαλις κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν Ἀσσυρίων·

LXX

Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

ASV

וָ/אֱהִ֥י לָ/הֶ֖ם כְּמוֹ שָׁ֑חַל כְּ/נָמֵ֖ר עַל דֶּ֥רֶךְ אָשֽׁוּר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כְּמוֹ
kmv
preposition · 142×
נָמֵ֖ר
nmr
noun · 6×
נּוּ
nv
verb · 16×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָׁ֑חַל
shchl
noun · 7×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 5:14 — For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
  • Hos 5:14 — For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
  • Hos 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
  • Jer 5:6 — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: becau
  • Jer 5:6 — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: becau
  • Jer 25:38 — He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
  • Lam 3:10 — He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
  • Ps 7:2 — Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.