Job 10:3

Is it good to you that you should oppress me, 1 to despise the work of your hands 1 while you smile on the plans of the wicked? 1

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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 merely condemn me; 1 show me why you accuse me. 1

4Do you have eyes of flesh? 1 Do you see like a man sees? 1

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Cross References

Job 9:22It makes no difference, which is why I say 1 that he destroys blameless people and wicked people together. 1

Job 14:15You would call, and I would answer you. 1 You would have a desire for the work of your hands. 1

Job 21:16See, is not their prosperity in their own hands? 1 I have nothing to do with the advice of wicked people. 1

Job 34:5For Job has said, 'I am righteous, 1 but God has taken away my rights. 1

Job 36:7He does not withdraw his eyes from righteous people 1 but instead sets them on thrones like kings forever, 1 and they are lifted up. 1

Job 40:2“Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? 1 He who argues with God, let him answer.”

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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