Job 10:3

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

Literal Standard Version

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

4Do you have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?

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Cross References

Job 9:22It is the same thing, therefore I said, || He is consuming the perfect and the wicked.

Job 14:15You call, and I answer You; To the work of Your hands You have desire.

Job 21:16Behold, their good [is] not in their hand || (The counsel of the wicked || Has been far from me).

Job 34:5For Job has said, I have been righteous, || And God has turned aside my right,

Job 36:7He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, || And [from] kings on the throne, || And causes them to sit forever, and they are high,

Job 40:2“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of 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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