Job 10:16

In 11 translations

BSB

Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.

KJV

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

WEB

If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.

ASV

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

LSV

And it rises—as a lion You hunt me. And You turn back—You show Yourself wonderful in me.

YLT

And it riseth — as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back — Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.

DBY

And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.

DRC

And for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness, and returning thou tormentest me wonderfully.

GNV

But let it increase: hunt thou me as a lyon: returne and shew thy selfe marueilous vpon me.

JPS

And if it exalt itself, Thou huntest me as a lion; and again Thou showest Thyself marvellous upon me.

LXXE

For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; for again thou hast changed and art terribly destroying me;

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WLC

וְ֭יִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁ֣חַל תְּצוּדֵ֑נִי וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗ב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Ἀγρεύομαι γὰρ ὥσπερ λέων εἰς σφαγήν· πάλιν γὰρ μεταβαλὼν δεινῶς με ὀλέκεις,

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• 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.
• Lamentations 3:10He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
• Job 5:9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
• Numbers 16:29–30If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me. But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that…
• Deuteronomy 28:59He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.
• Amos 3:8The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?
• Hosea 13:7–8So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path. Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild…

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