Job 10:2

I will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.

World English Bible

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 is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

3Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

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Cross References

Job 8:5If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.

Job 13:23How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.

Job 33:13Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?

Psalms 6:1LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

Psalms 27:7Hear, LORD, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.

Psalms 109:21But deal with me, GOD the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving 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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