Job 10:3

Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

Young's Literal Translation

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 unto God, 'Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive [with] me.

4Eyes of flesh hast Thou? As man seeth — seest Thou?

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Cross References

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

Job 14:15Thou dost call, and I — I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.

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

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

Job 36:7He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,

Job 40:2Is 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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