Psalms 17:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 17:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 17:12 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Like...: Heb. The liken..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 17:12 — KJV
“Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Like...: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin lurking: Heb. sitting”
— Psalms 17:12 (KJV)
Psalms 17:12 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 17:12
“Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 17:12: like, lion, prey
“And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 17:12: like, heb, likeness
“And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 17:12: like, every, one
“And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 17:12: like, every, one
“And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. young one: Heb. afterbirth”
Shares key themes with Psalms 17:12: young, secret, heb
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