Psalm 17:12 - New Revised Standard Version

They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Like a lion greedy and eager to tear his prey, and as a young lion lurking in hidden places.

American Standard Version (1901)

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Common English Bible

They are like a lion eager to rip its prey; they are like a strong young lion lying in wait.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he set darkness as his hiding place, with his tabernacle all around him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.

Psalm 17:12 Cross References

Psalm 10:9

they lurk in secret like a lion in its covert; they lurk that they may seize the poor; they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.

Psalm 22:13

they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.

Psalm 7:2

or like a lion they will tear me apart; they will drag me away, with no one to rescue.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.

1 Peter 5:8

Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.