Job 10:2

I say to God, Do not condemn me, || Let me know why You strive [with] me.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

In Context

1“My soul has been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.

3Is it good for You that You oppress? That You despise the labor of Your hands, || And shine on the counsel of the wicked?

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Cross References

Job 8:5If you seek for God early, || And make supplication to the Mighty,

Job 13:23How many iniquities and sins do I have? Let me know my transgression and my sin.

Job 33:13Why have you striven against Him, || When [for] all His matters He does not answer?

Psalms 6:1TO THE OVERSEER. WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, ON THE EIGHTH. A PSALM OF DAVID. O YHWH, do not reprove me in Your anger, || Nor discipline me in Your fury.

Psalms 27:7Hear, O YHWH, my voice—I call, || And favor me, and answer me.

Psalms 109:21And You, O Lord YHWH, || Deal with me for Your Name’s sake, || Because Your kindness [is] good, deliver me.

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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