Gen 49:9, Num 24:8-9, Deu 33:20, Psa 17:12, Pro 30:30, Isa 31:4, Amo 3:8 | ESV | STEP | Judah is a lion’s cub ; from the prey , my son , you have gone up . He stooped down ; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness ; who dares rouse him?

Genesis 49:9

9 Judah is ^aa lion’s cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
^bHe stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?

Numbers 24:8-9

8 God brings him out of Egypt
and is for him like the ^chorns of the wild ox;
he shall ^deat up the nations, his adversaries,
and shall ^ebreak their bones in pieces
and ^fpierce them through with his arrows.
9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion
and ^glike a lioness; who will rouse him up?
^hBlessed are those who bless you,
and cursed are those who curse you.”

Deuteronomy 33:20

20 And ⁱof Gad he said,

“Blessed be he who enlarges Gad!
Gad crouches ^jlike a lion;
he tears off arm and scalp.

Psalms 17:12

12 He is like a lion eager to tear,
as a young lion ^klurking in ambush.

Proverbs 30:30

30 the lion, which is mightiest among beasts
and ^ldoes not turn back before any;

Isaiah 31:4

4 For thus the Lord said to me,
^m“As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey,
and when a band of shepherds is called out against him
he is not terrified by their shouting
or daunted at their noise,
ⁿso the Lord of hosts will come down
to fight ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for hosts and to fight sound alike} on Mount Zion and on its hill.

Amos 3:8

8 The lion has roared;
who will not fear?
^pThe Lord God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?”