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.
Read in contextJob 9:15
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
Read in contextJob 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.
Read in contextJob 10:7
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Read in contextMalachi 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in contextPsalms 25:18
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Read in contextJob 27:7
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
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