Psalm 10:9 - Modern King James Version

⁹ He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Job 38:40

when they crouch in dens, and sit in the cover of their hiding place?

Psalm 109:31

For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn his soul.

Psalm 12:5

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will set in safety, he pants for it.

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hidden cords and a trap for me; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set snares for me. Selah.

Psalm 17:12

their likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

Psalm 35:10

All my bones shall say, O Jehovah, who is like You, who delivers the poor from those stronger than he; yea, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?

Psalm 37:14

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 59:3

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

Proverbs 14:31

He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.

Proverbs 22:16

He who crushes the poor to multiply for himself, and he who gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion and a ranging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people.

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean? You crush My people and grind the faces of the poor? says the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts.

Isaiah 32:7

Also the weapons of the fool are evil; he thinks of wicked ways to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Jeremiah 5:26

For among My people are found wicked ones; they lie in wait, as one who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Lamentations 3:10

He was a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in secret places.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have used oppression and practiced robbery, and they have troubled the poor and needy. Yea, they have oppressed the stranger without right.

Amos 3:4

Will a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey for him? Will a young lion cry out of his den unless he has caught?

Micah 7:2

The pious has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men. For they all lie in wait for blood; each one hunts his brother with a net.

Habakkuk 1:15

He takes up all of them with the hook; he drags him with his net and gathers him with his seine; therefore he rejoices and exults.

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierced the head of his warriors with his shafts; they storm out to scatter me; their rejoicing is to devour the meek in a secret place.

Zechariah 11:3

There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is destroyed. There is a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is destroyed.

John 10:12

But he who is a hireling and not the shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away. And the wolf catches them and scatters the sheep.

Acts 23:21

But do not yield to them, for there are more than forty men of them lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. And now they are ready, looking for a promise from you.