91 verses contain “prey” (in the KJV: 78, in the BSB: 37) — showing 1–91
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And when the fowls came down upon the carcases,
Abram drove them away.
And the birds of
prey descended on the
carcasses, but
Abram drove them away.
Judah is a lion’s
whelp: from the
prey, my son, thou art gone up: he
stooped down, he
couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall
rouse him up?
Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the
prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a
lioness, who
dares to
rouse him?
Benjamin shall
ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall
devour the
prey, and at night he shall divide the
spoil.
Benjamin is a
ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the
prey, in the evening he divides the
plunder.”
And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become
plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
But your little ones, which ye said should be a
prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have
despised.
But I will bring your children, whom you said would become
plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Behold, the people rise like a
lioness; they
rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they
devour their
prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
And they took all the
spoil, and all the
prey, both of men and of beasts.
and carried away all the
plunder and spoils, both people and animals.
And they brought the
captives, and the
prey, and the
spoil, unto Moses, and
Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near
Jericho.
They brought the
captives, spoils, and
plunder to Moses, to
Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from
Jericho.
Take the sum of the
prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and
Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
“You and
Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast.
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
Then divide the
captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
And the
booty, being the rest of the
prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
and this
plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
And the little ones you said would become
captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
Only the cattle we took for a
prey unto ourselves, and the
spoil of the cities which we took.
We carried off for ourselves only the
livestock and the
plunder from the cities we captured.
But all the cattle, and the
spoil of the cities, we took for a
prey to ourselves.
And thou shalt do to
Ai and her king as thou
didst unto
Jericho and her king: only the
spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a
prey unto
yourselves: lay thee an
ambush for the city behind it.
Only the cattle and the
spoil of that city Israel took for a
prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
Israel took for themselves only the cattle and
plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.
And all the
spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a
prey unto themselves; but every man they
smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to
breathe.
The Israelites took for themselves all the
plunder and
livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not
sparing anyone who breathed.
And
Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his
prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were
Ishmaelites.)
Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an
earring from his
plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were
Ishmaelites.)
And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
“We will give them
gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an
earring from his
plunder onto it.
And I will
forsake the
remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a
prey and a
spoil to all their enemies;
So I will
forsake the
remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become
plunder and
spoil to all their enemies,
Hear, O our God; for we are
despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a
prey in the land of captivity:
Hear us, O God, for we are
despised. Turn their
scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as
plunder to a land of captivity.
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the
thirteenth day of the
twelfth month, which is the month
Adar, and to take the
spoil of them for a
prey.
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and
annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to
plunder their possessions on a single day, the
thirteenth day of
Adar, the
twelfth month.
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to
slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would
assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the
spoil of them for a
prey,
By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to
assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and
annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to
plunder their possessions.
For the Jews that were in
Shushan gathered themselves together on the
fourteenth day also of the month
Adar, and
slew three hundred men at
Shushan; but on the
prey they laid not their hand.
On the
fourteenth day of the month of
Adar, the Jews in
Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the
plunder.
But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and
slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the
prey,
The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who
hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the
plunder.
The old lion perisheth for lack of
prey, and the
stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
The old lion perishes for lack of
prey, and the cubs of the
lioness are scattered.
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Behold, as wild
asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising
betimes for a
prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Indeed, like wild
donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work
foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the
vulture’s eye hath not seen:
No bird of
prey knows that path; no
falcon’s eye has seen it.
Can you
hunt the
prey for a
lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
From thence she seeketh the
prey, and her eyes behold
afar off.
From there he
spies out food; his eyes see it from
afar.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
They are
crushed and beaten down; the
hapless fall
prey to his strength.
Like as a lion that is
greedy of his
prey, and as it were a young lion
lurking in secret places.
Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
The young lions
roar after their
prey, and seek their meat from God.
The young lions
roar for their
prey and seek their food from God.
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
For by means of a
whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the
adulteress will
hunt for the precious life.
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Like a
robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
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.
Their
roaring is like that of a lion; they
roar like young lions. They
growl and seize their
prey; they carry it away from
deliverance.
To turn aside the
needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their
prey, and that they may
rob the fatherless!
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and
withhold justice from the
oppressed of My people, to make widows their
prey and orphans their
plunder.
I will send him against an
hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the
spoil, and to take the
prey, and to
tread them down like the
mire of the streets.
I will send him against a godless nation; I will
dispatch him against a people destined for My
rage, to take spoils and seize
plunder, and to
trample them down like clay in the streets.
They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion
roaring on his
prey, when a multitude of
shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor
abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount
Zion, and for the hill thereof.
For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion
roaring or a young lion over its
prey— and though a band of
shepherds is called out against it, it is not
terrified by their
shouting or subdued by their
clamor— so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount
Zion and its heights.
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well
strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the
prey of a great
spoil divided; the
lame take the
prey.
Your ropes are
slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the
lame will carry off
plunder.
There shall the great
owl make her nest, and lay, and
hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her
mate.
There the
owl will make her nest; she will lay and
hatch her eggs and gather her
brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of
prey will gather, each with its
mate.
But this is a people
robbed and
spoiled; they are all of them
snared in holes, and they are
hid in prison houses: they are for a
prey, and none delivereth; for a
spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Calling a
ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country:
yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
I
summon a bird of
prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have
planned it, and I will surely do it.
Shall the
prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful
captive delivered?
But thus saith the LORD, Even the
captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the
prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will
contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a
prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
Truth is missing, and
whoever turns from evil becomes
prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
Is not My inheritance to Me like a
speckled bird of
prey with other birds of
prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to
devour her.
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that
besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a
prey.
Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but
whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who
besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a
spoil of war.
Therefore all they that
devour thee shall be
devoured; and all thine
adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that
spoil thee shall be a
spoil, and all that
prey upon thee will I give for a
prey.
Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a
prey, and shall live.
“This is what the LORD says:
Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but
whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a
spoil of war, and he will live.
For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.
For I will surely
rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a
spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”
And seekest thou great things for
thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a
prey in all places
whither thou goest.
But as for you, do you seek great things for
yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring
disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a
spoil of war.”
And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a
prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a
spoil; and they shall
pollute it.
And I will hand these things over as
plunder to foreigners and
loot to the wicked of the earth, who will
defile them.
Your
kerchiefs also will I
tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be
hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
I will also
tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be
prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the
prey; it
devoured men.
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to
tear his
prey, he
devoured men.
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the
prey, and
devoured men.
He
prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to
tear his
prey, he
devoured men.
There is a
conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a
roaring lion
ravening the
prey; they have
devoured souls; they have taken the
treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
The
conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a
roaring lion
tearing its
prey. They
devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like
wolves ravening the
prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get
dishonest gain.
And they shall make a
spoil of thy riches, and make a
prey of thy
merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her
spoil, and take her
prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its
spoil, and remove its
plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a
prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no
shepherd, neither did my
shepherds search for my flock, but the
shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a
shepherd and has become
prey and food for every wild beast, and because My
shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
And they shall no more be a
prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land
devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
They will no longer be
prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not
consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will
frighten them.
Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the
desolate wastes, and to the cities that are
forsaken, which became a
prey and
derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the
desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a
spoil and a
mockery to the rest of the nations around you.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all
Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with
despiteful minds, to cast it out for a
prey.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all
Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became
plunder.
To take a
spoil, and to take a
prey; to turn thine hand upon the
desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have
gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
in order to seize the
spoil and carry off the
plunder, to turn a hand against the
desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired
livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of
Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a
spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a
prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great
spoil?
Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of
Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the
plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away
loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great
spoil?’
He shall enter
peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall
scatter among them the
prey, and
spoil, and riches:
yea, and he shall
forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
In a time of peace, he will
invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will
lavish plunder,
loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time.
Will a lion
roar in the forest, when he hath no
prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
Does a lion
roar in the forest when he has no
prey? Does a young lion
growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
The lion did
tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and
strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with
prey, and his dens with
ravin.
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.
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your
chariots up in smoke, and the sword will
devour your young lions. I will cut off your
prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
Woe to the
bloody city! it is all full of lies and
robbery; the
prey departeth not;
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of
plunder, never without
prey.
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall
bite thee, and
awake that shall
vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who
disturb you
awaken? Then you will become their
prey.
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the
prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may
assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine
indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be
devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to
testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to
assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My
indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
And for our sins and our fathers’ we with our brethren and our kings and our priests were given up unto the kings of the earth, to the sword, and to captivity, and for a prey with shame, unto this day.
And
cried to the God of Israel all with one consent earnestly, that he would not give their children for a
prey, and their wives for a
spoil, and the cities of their inheritance to destruction, and the sanctuary to
profanation and reproach, and for the nations to
rejoice at.
Now therefore, lord Holofernes, we will go up, and they shall be a
prey to be
devoured of all thine army.
And hast given their wives for a
prey, and their daughters to be
captives, and all their spoils to be divided among thy
dear children; which were moved with thy zeal, and
abhorred the
pollution of their blood, and called upon thee for aid: O God, O my God, hear me also a widow.
He
bragged that he would burn up my borders, and kill my young men with the sword, and
dash the
sucking children against the ground, and make mine infants as a
prey, and my virgins as a
spoil.
As the wild
ass is the lion’s
prey in the wilderness: so the rich eat up the poor.
As the lion lieth in wait for the prey; so sin for them that work iniquity.
In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion’s
whelp roaring for his
prey.
Afterwards they took the spoils, and the
prey, and
smote off Nicanors head, and his right hand, which he stretched out so proudly, and brought them away, and
hanged them up toward Jerusalem.
