Psalm 10:9 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

⁹ They are hungry lions hiding in the bushes, hoping to catch some helpless passerby. They trap the poor in nets and drag them away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ He lurks in secret places like a lion in his thicket; he lies in wait that he may seize the poor (the helpless and the unfortunate); he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

Common English Bible

⁹ They lie in ambush in secret places, like a lion in its lair. They lie in ambush so they can seize those who suffer! They seize the poor, all right, dragging them off in their nets.

Psalm 10:9 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

Psalm 17:12

They are like hungry lions hunting for food, or like young lions hiding in ambush.

Psalm 59:3

Merciless enemies, Lord, are hiding and plotting, hoping to kill me. I have not hurt them in any way at all.

Micah 7:2

No one is loyal to God; no one does right. Everyone is brutal and eager to deceive everyone else.

Psalm 35:10

Every bone in my body will shout: “No one is like the Lord!” You protect the helpless from those in power; you save the poor and needy from those who hurt them.

John 10:12

Hired workers are not like the shepherd. They don't own the sheep, and when they see a wolf coming, they run off and leave the sheep. Then the wolf attacks and scatters the flock.

Zechariah 11:3

Listen! Shepherds are crying. Their glorious pastures have been ruined. Listen! Lions are roaring. The forests of the Jordan Valley are no more to be found.

Habakkuk 3:14

His troops had come like a storm, hoping to scatter us and glad to gobble us up. To them we were refugees in hiding— but you smashed their heads with their own weapons.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest unless it has caught a victim? Does it growl in its den unless it is eating?

Ezekiel 22:29

The people themselves cheat and rob; they abuse the poor and take advantage of foreigners.

Lamentations 3:10

God was like a bear or a lion waiting in ambush for me;

Isaiah 32:7

Cruel people tell lies— they do evil things, and make cruel plans to destroy the poor and needy, even when they beg for justice.

Isaiah 3:15

The Lord All-Powerful says, “You have crushed my people and rubbed in the dirt the faces of the poor.”

Proverbs 28:15

A ruler who mistreats the poor is like a roaring lion or a bear hunting for food.

Proverbs 22:16

Cheat the poor to make profit or give gifts to the rich— either way you lose.

Proverbs 14:31

If you mistreat the poor, you insult your Creator; if you are kind to them, you show him respect.

Psalm 140:5

Those proud people have hidden traps and nets to catch me as I walk.

Psalm 12:5

But you, Lord, tell them, “I will do something! The poor are mistreated and helpless people moan. I'll rescue all who suffer.”

Acts 23:21

But please don't do what they say. More than 40 men are going to attack Paul. They have made a vow not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him. Even now they are waiting to hear what you decide.”

Habakkuk 1:15

Then an enemy comes along and takes them captive with hooks and nets. It makes him so happy

Jeremiah 5:26

A hunter traps birds and puts them in a cage, but some of you trap humans and make them your slaves.

Psalm 37:14

The wicked kill with swords and shoot arrows to murder the poor and the needy and all who do right.

Psalm 109:31

You help everyone in need, and you save them from death.

Job 38:40

Do you send an animal into their den?