Job 10:16-18

Contemporary English Version

¹⁶No matter how hard I try,
you keep hunting me down
like a powerful lion.^[a]
¹⁷You never stop accusing me;
you become furious and attack
over and over again.

¹⁸Why did you let me be born?
I would rather have died
before birth

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Footnotes

10.16 lion: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 16.

Job 10:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion^(A)
    and again display your awesome power against me.^(B)
¹⁷You bring new witnesses against me^(C)
    and increase your anger toward me;^(D)
    your forces come against me wave upon wave.^(E)