Job 10:3

Is it good to thee that thou should oppress, that thou should despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

2I will say to God, Do not condemn me. Show me why thou contend with me.

4Have thou eyes of flesh? Or do thou see as man sees?

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Cross References

Job 9:22It is all one thing. Therefore I say, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.

Job 14:15Thou would call, and I would answer thee. Thou would have a desire to the work of thy hands.

Job 21:16Lo, [is] their prosperity not in their hand. (The counsel of the wicked is far from me.)

Job 34:5For Job has said, I am righteous, and God has taken away my right.

Job 36:7He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but he sets them forever with kings upon the throne, and they are exalted.

Job 40:2Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.

Matthew Henry on Job 10:2-8

Job's Reply to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me wherefore thou contendest with me. 3 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? 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? 5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, 6 That thou… Read the whole commentary →

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