# If my head were lifted up, you would stalk me like a lion

Possible meanings are that Job sees this as 1) a potential situation that has not happened yet or 2) as a situation that happens repeatedly. Alternate translation: "When my head is lifted up, you stalk me like a lion" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hypo]])

# If my head were lifted up

This idiom means to become self-confident or proud. Alternate translation: "If I become proud" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rpronouns]])

# you would stalk me like a lion

Possible meanings of this simile are 1) God hunts Job like a lion hunts its prey or 2) Job is like a lion being hunted by God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])

# again you would show yourself with marvellous acts of power against me

This phrase expresses irony in how God displays his marvelous power by acting to harm Job. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rpronouns]])