American King James Version
"Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: "
— Hosea 13:7, American King James Version
“Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:”
“Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way; ”
“Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.”
“So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.”
“And I will be to them as a lioness, as a leopard in the way of the Assyrians.”
“So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;”
“Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:”
Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no god but me: for there is no savior beside me. ¶
I did know you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the lobe of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. ¶
O Israel, you have destroyed yourself; but in me is your help.
I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes?