Job 10:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ And if I lift myself up, thou dost hunt me like a lion, and again work wonders against me;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: And again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ If I lift myself up, You hunt me like a lion and again show Yourself [inflicting] marvelous [trials] upon me.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ I could boast like a lion, and you would hunt me; you would do awesome things to me again.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And because of pride, you will seize me like a lioness, and having returned, you torment me to an extraordinary degree.

Job 10:16 Cross References

Isaiah 38:13

I cry for help until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night thou dost bring me to an end.

Lamentations 3:10

He is to me like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding;

Job 5:9

who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:

Amos 3:8

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

Deuteronomy 28:59

then the Lord will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting.

Job 13:24

Why dost thou hide thy face, and count me as thy enemy?

Job 16:9

He has torn me in his wrath, and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them, a wolf from the desert shall destroy them. A leopard is watching against their cities, every one who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great.

Hosea 5:14

For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will rend and go away, I will carry off, and none shall rescue.