Job 10:16
And for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness, and returning thou tormentest me wonderfully.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and multipliest thy wrath upon me, and pains war against me.
Cross References
Numbers 16:29If these men die the common death of men, and if they be visited with a plague, wherewith others also are wont to be visited, the Lord did not send me.
Job 5:9Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
Job 16:9My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a false speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me.
Jeremiah 5:6Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening, hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.
Hosea 5:14For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion's whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go: I will take away, and there is none that can rescue.
Amos 3:8The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?
Matthew Henry on Job 10:15-22
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 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; 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh… Read the whole commentary →