Psalms 17:12
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
KJV
Et posuit tenebras latibulum suum ; in circuitu ejus tabernaculum ejus, tenebrosa aqua in nubibus aëris.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔθετο σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτοῦ, κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ, σκοτινὸν ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις ἀέρων.
LXX
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
ASV
דִּמְיֹנ֗/וֹ כְּ֭/אַרְיֵה יִכְס֣וֹף לִ/טְר֑וֹף וְ֝/כִ/כְפִ֗יר יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּ/מִסְתָּרִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַרְיֵה֙
'ryh
noun · 81×
וֹ
v
pronoun · 1×
טָרֹ֥ף
trp
verb · 25×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
כְּפִ֣יר
kpyr
noun · 31×
מִּסְתָּֽר
mstr
noun · 10×
נִכְסֹ֥ף
nksp
verb · 6×
Historic Christian voices
2 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:
- Num 23:24 — Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
- Ps 7:2 — Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
- Ps 7:2 — Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
- Ps 10:9 — 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.
- Ps 10:9 — 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.
- Ps 22:13 — They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
- Ps 58:6 — Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.