כְּפִיר Young lion

Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and, behold, a young lion roared against him.

Their roaring shall be like a lion, They shall roar like young lions, yea, they shall roar, And lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, And there shall be none to deliver.

And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, And the leopard shall lie down with the kid; And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them.

For thus saith the LORD unto me: Like as the lion, or the young lion, growling over his prey, Though a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, Will not be dismayed at their voice, Nor abase himself for the noise of them; So will the LORD of hosts come down To fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.

The young lions have roared upon him, and let their voice resound; and they have made his land desolate, his cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.

He hath forsaken His covert, as the lion; For their land is become a waste Because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword, And because of His fierce anger.

They shall roar together like young lions; They shall growl as lions’whelps.

and say: How was thy mother a lioness; Among lions she couched, In the midst of the young lions She reared her whelps!

And she brought up one of her whelps, He became a young lion; And he learned to catch the prey, He devoured men.

Now when she saw that she was disappointed, And her hope was lost, Then she took another of her whelps, And made him a young lion.

And he went up and down among the lions, He became a young lion; And he learned to catch the prey, He devoured men.

’Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him: Thou didst liken thyself unto a young lion of the nations; Whereas thou art as a dragon in the seas; And thou didst gush forth with thy rivers, And didst trouble the waters with thy feet, And foul their rivers.

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the magnates thereof, shall say unto thee: Comest thou to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?

so that there was the face of a man toward the palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side; thus was it made through all the house round about.

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, And as a young lion to the house of Judah; I, even I, will tear and go away, I will take away, and there shall be none to deliver.

Will a lion roar in the forest, When he hath no prey? Will a young lion give forth his voice out of his den, If he have taken nothing?

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, As a lion among the beasts of the forest, As a young lion among the flocks of sheep, Who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, And there is none to deliver.

Where is the den of the lions, Which was the feeding-place of the young lions, Where the lion and the lioness walked, and the lion’s whelp, And none made them afraid?

Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, And I will burn her chariots in the smoke, And the sword shall devour thy young lions; And I will cut off thy prey from the earth, And the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

Hark! the wailing of the shepherds, For their glory is spoiled; Hark! the roaring of young lions, For the thickets of the Jordan are spoiled.

He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces, And like a young lion lurking in secret places.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek the LORD want not any good thing.

Lord, how long wilt Thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, Mine only one from the lions.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; Break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp; The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.

The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.

The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favour is as dew upon the grass.

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are secure as a young lion.

The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth— Yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying: ‘Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.’ But they thought to do me mischief.