Job 10:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 38:13 : 13 I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.
  • Lam 3:10 : 10 ד(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
  • Job 5:9 : 9 He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;
  • Num 16:29-30 : 29 If these men die a natural death, or if they share the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me. 30 But if the LORD does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.
  • Deut 28:59 : 59 then the LORD will increase your punishments and those of your descendants– great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses.
  • Hos 13:7-8 : 7 So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path. 8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs– I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion– like a wild animal would tear them apart.
  • Amos 3:8 : 8 A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The Sovereign LORD has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

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