Job 10 · Verse 16

Job 10:16

For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Job 10:16, King James Version

Job 10:16 in other translations

BSBShould I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
WEBIf my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.
ASVAnd if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
YLTAnd it riseth--as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back--Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.
DARBYAnd it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.
BBEAnd that if there was cause for pride, you would go after me like a lion; and again put out your wonders against me:
WebsterFor it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself wonderful upon me.

What does Job 10:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. increaseth--rather, "(if) I lift up (my head) Thou wouldest hunt me," &c. [Umbreit]. and again--as if a lion should not kill his prey at once, but come back and torture it again.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 For it increaseth - Probably this refers to the affliction mentioned above, which is increased in proportion to its duration. Every day made his escape from such a load of evils less and less probable. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion - As the hunters attack the king of beasts in the forest, so my friends attack me. They assail me on every side. Thou showest thyself marvelous - Thy designs, thy ways, thy works, are all incomprehensible to me; thou dost both confound and overpower me. Mr. Good translates thus: - "For uprousing as a ravenous lion dost thou spring upon me. And again thou showest over me thy vast power."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 10:14-22

Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings; but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar rigour. His gloom, unbelief, and hard thoughts of God, were as much to be ascribed to Satan's inward temptations, and his anguish of soul, under the sense of God's displeasure, as to his outward trials, and remaining depravity. Our Creator, become in Christ our Redeemer also, will not destroy…

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Job 10:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְ֭יִגְאֶהVe.yig.'ehso it may rise upH1342
כַּשַּׁ֣חַלka.Sha.challike <the> lionH7826
תְּצוּדֵ֑נִיte.tzu.De.niyou hunt meH6679
וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗בve.ta.Shoand you returnH7725
תִּתְפַּלָּא\־tit.pa.la'-you show yourself wonderfulH6381
בִֽי\׃Vion me

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 10:16

  • Isaiah 38:13

    I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

  • Lamentations 3:10

    He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

  • Job 5:9

    Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

  • Hosea 13:7-8

    Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: 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 lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

  • Amos 3:8

    The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

  • Numbers 16:29-30

    If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 28:59

    Then the Lord 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou huntest.
Isa 38:13; La 3:10; Ho 13:7,8; Am 3:8
marvellous.
Nu 16:29,30; De 28:59

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Context

  • Job 10:15

    If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

  • Job 10:16

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

  • Job 10:17

    Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

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Job 10:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y subirá de punto, pues me cazas como á león, y tornas á hacer en mí maravillas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et elle augmente: tu me fais la chasse comme un lion, et en moi tu répètes tes merveilles;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und richtete es sich empor, wie ein Löwe würdest du mich jagen, und immer wieder deine Wunderkraft an mir erweisen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et propter superbiam quasi leænam capies me, reversusque mirabiliter me crucias.