Job 10:16

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 38:13 : 13 I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
  • Lam 3:10 : 10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
  • Job 5:9 : 9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
  • Num 16:29-30 : 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Jehovah hath not sent me. 30 But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.
  • Deut 28:59 : 59 then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
  • Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way; 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
  • Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.

  • Job 16:7-10
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    7But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.

    8And thou hast laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me] : And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.

    9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

  • 5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;

  • Job 30:20-22
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    76%

    20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.

    21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.

    22Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride [upon it] ; And thou dissolvest me in the storm.

  • Job 10:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

    15If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.

  • Lam 3:10-11
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    10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

    11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

  • Ps 71:20-21
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    20Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

    21Increase thou my greatness, And turn again and comfort me.

  • 6That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,

  • 12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Job 13:26-27
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    26For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:

    27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

  • 10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

  • 3These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.

  • 13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.

  • Job 16:12-14
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    72%

    12I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.

    13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

    14He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.

  • 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?

  • Job 33:10-11
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    10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy:

    11He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.

  • 39Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

  • 2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

  • Ps 41:10-12
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    10But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.

    11By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

    12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.

  • 16But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

  • 12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

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    2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

  • 16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

  • 36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

  • 17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee] .

  • 8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

  • Jer 20:10-11
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    10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

    11But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

  • 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 13I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

  • 9He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

  • 15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

  • 10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.

  • 10Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,

  • 11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.

  • 2For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?