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Job 10:16

World English Bible

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

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Job 10:16 in other translations

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

Job 10:16 · American Standard Version

Job 10:16 in context

  1. 14if I sin, then you mark me.
    You will not acquit me from my iniquity.
  2. 15If I am wicked, woe to me.
    If I am righteous, I still will not lift up my head,
    being filled with disgrace,
    and conscious of my affliction.
  3. 16If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion.
    Again you show yourself powerful to me.
  4. 17You renew your witnesses against me,
    and increase your indignation on me.
    Changes and warfare are with me.
  5. 18“ ‘Why, then, have you brought me out of the womb?
    I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.