Psalm 17:12 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹² They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

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.

Psalm 17:12 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 10:9

like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

Psalm 22:13

Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.

Psalm 7:2

or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no-one to rescue me.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.

1 Peter 5:8

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.