Hosea 13:7
World English Bible (WEB)
Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
In context
5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
7 Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
9 You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.
Hosea 13:7 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
- KJV King James Version
- Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And I am to them as a lion, As a leopard by the way I look out.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;
- WBS Webster Bible
- Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them .