Psalm 17:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² Like a lion who is eager to tear his prey, And as a young lion crouching in cover.

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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 lies in wait in a secret place, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor, drawing him into his net.

Psalm 22:13

They have opened their mouths against Me, As a raging and roaring lion.

Psalm 7:2

Lest they tear at my throat like a lion, Rending in pieces, with no one to deliver.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Master stood with me and did strengthen me, so that through me the preaching might be completely accomplished, and that all the nations should hear. And I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, watch, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.