Job 10:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.”
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“Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And ifmy head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And it riseth--as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back--Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 10:16 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 16:29If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
- Deuteronomy 28:59He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.
- Job 5:9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
- Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
- Job 16:9His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
- Isaiah 38:13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
- Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
- Lamentations 3:10He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
- Hosea 5:14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
- Hosea 13:7So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
- Amos 3:8The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?
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