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Psalms 17:12

NETBible	He¹ is like a lion² that wants to tear its prey to bits,³ like a young lion crouching⁴ in hidden places.
NIV © biblegateway Psa 17:12	They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a great lion crouching in cover.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 17:12	He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.
NLT © biblegateway Psa 17:12	They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart––like young lions in hiding, waiting for their chance.
MSG © biblegateway Psa 17:12	Lions ready to rip me apart, young lions poised to pounce.
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 17:12	Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 17:12	They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 17:12	As a lion is eager to tear his prey, And like a young lion lurking in secret places.
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KJV	Like <01825> as a lion <0738> [that] is greedy <03700> (8799) of his prey <02963> (8800)_, and as it were a young lion <03715> lurking <03427> (8802) in secret places <04565>_. {Like...: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin} {lurking: Heb. sitting}
NASB © biblegateway Psa 17:12	He is like <01825> a lion <0743> that is eager <03700> to tear <02963> , And as a young <03715> lion <03715> lurking <03427> in hiding <04565> places <04565> .
LXXM	(16:12) upelabon <5274> V-AAI-3P me <1473> P-AS wsei <5616> ADV lewn <3023> N-NSM etoimov <2092> A-NSM eiv <1519> PREP yhran <2339> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ wsei <5616> ADV skumnov {N-NSM} oikwn <3624> N-GPM en <1722> PREP apokrufoiv <614> A-DPN
NET [draft] ITL	He is like <01825> a lion <0738> that wants to <03700> tear <02963> its prey to bits <03700> , like a young lion <03715> crouching <03427> in hidden places <04565> .
HEBREW	Myrtomb <04565> bsy <03427> rypkkw <03715> Pwrjl <02963> Pwoky <03700> hyrak <0738> wnymd (17:12) <01825>

NETBible

He¹ is like a lion² that wants to tear its prey to bits,³ like a young lion crouching⁴ in hidden places.

NET Notes

¹tn Here the psalmist switches to the singular pronoun; he views his enemies collectively, or singles out a representative of the group, perhaps its leader.

²tn Heb “his likeness [is] like a lion.”

³tn Heb “[that] longs to tear.”

⁴tn Heb “sitting.”