Job 10:15

And if I should be impious, woe to me, and if I should be just, I will not lift up my head, being drenched with affliction and misery.

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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 have sinned, and you have spared me for an hour, why do you not endure me to be clean from my iniquity?

16And because of pride, you will seize me like a lioness, and having returned, you torment me to an extraordinary degree.

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Cross References

Job 9:12If he suddenly should question, who will answer him? Or who can say, “Why did you do so?”

Job 9:20If I wanted to justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me; if I would reveal my innocence, he would prove me depraved.

Job 10:7And you know that I have done nothing impious, yet there is no one who can deliver from your hand.

Job 23:15And, for this reason, I have been troubled at his presence, and, when I consider him, I am approached by fear.

Psalms 9:17The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. Pause

Psalms 44:16They will be brought with gladness and exultation. They will be led into the temple of the king.

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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