Job 10:17
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 shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
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 that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.
- KJV
- Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
- WEB
- You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.
- ASV
- Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.
- DARBY
- Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions [of evil] and a time of toil are with me.
- BLB
- You renew Your witnesses against me and increase Your indignation with me; changes and warfare are with me.
- ÅB
- du ville føre nye vitner mot meg og øke din harme mot meg, sende alltid nye hærflokker mot meg.
- OTB
- Du fornyer Dine vitner mot meg
Og øker Din vrede mot meg;
Vanskelighet etter vanskelighet kommer over meg. - B1930
- du vilde føre nye vidner mot mig og øke din harme mot mig, sende alltid nye hærflokker mot mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 16:8
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
Read in contextRuth 1:21
I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Read in contextJob 16:11–16
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Read in contextJob 19:6–11
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:11
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
Read in contextPsalms 55:19
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
Read in contextZephaniah 1:12
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
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