Job 10:3
1 “I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
4 Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?
5 Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
- KJV
- Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
- WEB
- Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
- ASV
- Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
- DARBY
- Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
- BLB
- Is it good to You that You oppress, that You despise the work of Your hands, and upon the counsel of the wicked You shine?
- ÅB
- Tykkes det deg godt at du undertrykker, at du forkaster det dine hender med omhu har dannet, og lar ditt lys skinne over ugudeliges råd?
- OTB
- Er det rett for Deg å undertrykke,
Å forkaste Dine henders verk,
Og å se gunstig på de ondes plan? - B1930
- Tykkes det dig godt at du undertrykker, at du forkaster det dine hender med omhu har dannet, og lar ditt lys skinne over ugudeliges råd?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
Read in contextJob 14:15
You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
Read in contextPsalms 138:8
The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.
Read in contextJeremiah 12:1–3
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Read in contextJob 8:20
Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
Read in contextJob 22:18
But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
Read in contextJob 36:17–18
But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
Read in contextJob 40:2
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
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