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Jeremiah 51:38

They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.

KJV

Simul ut leones rugient ; excutient comas veluti catuli leonum.

Vulgate

They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions’ whelps.

ASV

יַחְדָּ֖ו כַּ/כְּפִרִ֣ים יִשְׁאָ֑גוּ נָעֲר֖וּ כְּ/גוֹרֵ֥י אֲרָיֽוֹת

Hebrew

They shall roar together like lions, they shall shake their manes like young lions.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַרְיֵה֙
'ryh
noun · 81×
גוֹרֵ֥י
gvry
noun · 2×
יִשְׁאָ֔ג
ysh'g
verb · 20×
יַחְדָּ֑ו
ychdv
noun · 141×
כְּפִ֣יר
kpyr
noun · 31×
נָעֲר֖וּ
n'rv
verb · 1×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Ezek 38:13 — Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silv
  • Jer 2:15 — The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.