Bible Themes · Humanity

Hunting

Hunters who pursue a prey, literally or figuratively

Human beings

Genesis 10:9; Psalm 91:3 See also Genesis 25:27, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 49:9, Genesis 49:27; Leviticus 17:13; 1 Samuel 24:11; Psalm 124:7

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.

Lions

Job 38:39 See also Numbers 23:24; Job 4:11; Psalm 17:12, Psalm 22:13, Psalm 104:21; Isaiah 5:29; Ezekiel 19:6, Ezekiel 22:25; Amos 3:4; Nahum 2:12

Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions

Eagles

Job 9:26 See also Job 39:27–30

They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

God

Amos 9:3 See also Job 19:22; Jeremiah 16:16; Ezekiel 12:13

Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

People being hunted by their enemies

Psalm 10:2; Jeremiah 5:26 See also Genesis 31:36; 1 Samuel 23:23, 1 Samuel 26:20; Job 18:8–10; Psalm 119:110, Psalm 140:5, Psalm 140:11, Psalm 141:9; Proverbs 6:5; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Isaiah 10:2, Isaiah 13:14, Isaiah 59:15; Lamentations 3:52; Micah 7:2

In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.

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