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Selected Verse: Isaiah 21:8 - Strong Concordance

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Isa 21:8 Strong Concordance And he cried [07121], A lion [0738]: My lord [0136], I stand [05975] continually [08548] upon the watchtower [04707] in the daytime [03119], and I am set [05324] in my ward [04931] whole nights [03915]:
  King James And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
A lion--rather, "(The watchman) cried, I am as a lion"; so as is understood (Isa 62:5; Psa 11:1). The point of comparison to "a lion" is in Rev 10:3, the loudness of the cry. But here it is rather his vigilance. The lion's eyelids are short, so that, even when asleep, he seems to be on the watch, awake; hence he was painted on doors of temples as the symbol of watchfulness, guarding the place (Hor. Apollo) [HORSLEY].
 
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3 And [2532] cried [2896] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], as [5618] when a lion [3023] roareth [3455]: and [2532] when [3753] he had cried [2896], seven [2033] thunders [1027] uttered [2980] their [1438] voices [5456].
1 To the chief Musician [05329], A Psalm of David [01732]. In the LORD [03068] put I my trust [02620]: how say [0559] ye to my soul [05315], Flee [05110] as a bird [06833] to your mountain [02022]?
5 For as a young man [0970] marrieth [01166] a virgin [01330], so shall thy sons [01121] marry [01166] thee: and as the bridegroom [02860] rejoiceth [04885] over the bride [03618], so shall thy God [0430] rejoice [07797] over thee.
3 And [2532] cried [2896] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], as [5618] when a lion [3023] roareth [3455]: and [2532] when [3753] he had cried [2896], seven [2033] thunders [1027] uttered [2980] their [1438] voices [5456].
1 To the chief Musician [05329], A Psalm of David [01732]. In the LORD [03068] put I my trust [02620]: how say [0559] ye to my soul [05315], Flee [05110] as a bird [06833] to your mountain [02022]?
5 For as a young man [0970] marrieth [01166] a virgin [01330], so shall thy sons [01121] marry [01166] thee: and as the bridegroom [02860] rejoiceth [04885] over the bride [03618], so shall thy God [0430] rejoice [07797] over thee.
3 And [2532] cried [2896] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], as [5618] when a lion [3023] roareth [3455]: and [2532] when [3753] he had cried [2896], seven [2033] thunders [1027] uttered [2980] their [1438] voices [5456].