Psalm 17:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² They are like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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

¹² Like a lion greedy and eager to tear his prey, and as a young lion lurking in hidden places.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² 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

¹² They are like a lion eager to rip its prey; they are like a strong young lion lying in wait.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² 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

¹² 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

he lurks in secret like a lion in his covert; he lurks that he may seize the poor, he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

Psalm 22:13

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

Psalm 7:2

lest like a lion they rend me, dragging me away, with none to rescue.

2 Timothy 4:17

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

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour.