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.

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  • Ruth 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?

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  • Job 16:11–16

    God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

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  • Job 19:6–11

    Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

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  • Jeremiah 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.

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  • Psalms 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.

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  • Zephaniah 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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