Job 10:15

If I be wicked, woe to me. And if I be righteous, yet I shall not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking upon my affliction.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

14If I sin, then thou mark me. And thou will not acquit me from my iniquity.

16And if [my head] exalts itself, thou hunt me as a lion. And again thou show thyself marvelous upon me.

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Cross References

Job 9:12Behold, he seizes; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What are thou doing?

Job 9:20Though I be righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

Job 10:7although thou know that I am not wicked. And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

Job 23:15Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.

Psalms 9:17Wicked men shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

Psalms 44:16for the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, because of the enemy and the avenger.

Matthew Henry on Job 10:15-22

14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 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 showest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 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… Read the whole commentary →

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