^{2 Ref} and thou hast said: What `is' thy mother? -- a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.

^{3 Ref} And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

^{4 Ref} And hear of it do nations, In their pit it hath been caught, And they bring it in with chains unto the land of Egypt.

^{5 Ref} And she seeth, that stayed -- perished hath her hope, And she taketh one of her whelps, A young lion she hath made it.

^{6 Ref} And it goeth up and down in the midst of lions, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

^{7 Ref} And it knoweth his forsaken habitations, And their cities it hath laid waste, And desolate is the land and its fulness, Because of the voice of his roaring.

^{8 Ref} And set against it do nations Round about from the provinces. And they spread out for it their net, In their pit it hath been caught.