Job 10:15

13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.

14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

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 shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

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

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
KJV
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;
WEB
If 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.
ASV
If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
DARBY
If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being [so] full of shame, and beholding mine affliction;
BLB
If I am wicked, woe to me! And [if] I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head; [I am] full of shame, and seeing my affliction.
ÅB
var jeg skyldig, da ve meg, men var jeg uskyldig, skulle jeg dog ikke kunne løfte mitt hode, mett av skam og med min elendighet for øye;
OTB
Hvis jeg er ond, ve meg!
Men hvis jeg er rettferdig, tør jeg ikke løfte hodet.
Jeg er full av skam, og klar over min elendighet.
B1930
var jeg skyldig, da ve mig, men var jeg uskyldig, skulde jeg dog ikke kunne løfte mitt hode, mett av skam og med min elendighet for øie;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 3:11

    Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

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  • Job 9:15

    Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

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  • Job 9:20–21

    If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

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  • Job 10:7

    Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

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  • Malachi 3:18

    Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

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  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

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  • Psalms 25:18

    Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

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  • Job 27:7

    Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

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