Job 10 · Verse 2

Job 10:2

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Job 10:2, King James Version

Job 10:2 in other translations

BSBI will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
WEBI will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.
ASVI will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
YLTI say unto God, ‘Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive with me.
DARBYI will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.
BBEI will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.
WebsterI will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why thou contendest with me.

What does Job 10:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. show me, &c.--Do not, by virtue of Thy mere sovereignty, treat me as guilty without showing me the reasons.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Do not condemn me - Let me not be afflicted in thy wrath. Show me wherefore thou contendest - If I am afflicted because of my sins, show me what that sin is. God never afflicts but for past sin, or to try his followers; or for the greater manifestation of his grace in their support and deliverance.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 10:1-7

Job, being weary of his life, resolves to complain, but he will not charge God with unrighteousness. Here is a prayer that he might be delivered from the sting of his afflictions, which is sin. When God afflicts us, he contends with us; when he contends with us, there is always a reason; and it is desirable to know the reason, that we may repent of and forsake the sin for which God has a controversy with us. But…

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Job 10:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֹמַ֣ר'o.MarI will sayH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֱ֭לוֹהַּ'E.lo.ahGodH433
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִיtar.shi.'E.niyou condemn as guilty meH7561
הֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִיho.di.'E.nimake known to meH3045
עַ֣ל'alconcerningH5921
מַה\־mah-what?H4100
תְּרִיבֵֽנִי\׃te.ri.Ve.nido you contend with meH7378

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 10:2

  • Psalms 139:23-24

    Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

  • Job 9:29

    If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

  • Psalms 143:2

    And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

  • Psalms 25:7

    Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

  • Psalms 6:1-4

    To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long? Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.

  • Job 34:31-32

    Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

  • Psalms 38:1-8

    A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. …

  • 1 Corinthians 11:31-32

    For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

  • Psalms 109:21

    But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

  • Lamentations 5:16-17

    The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

  • Lamentations 3:40-42

    Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

  • Job 8:5-6

    If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Do not.
Ps 6:1-4; 25:7; 38:1-8; 109:21; 143:2; Ro 8:1
shew me.
8:5,6; 34:31,32; Ps 139:23,24; La 3:40-42; 5:16,17; 1Co 11:31,32

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Context

  • Job 10:1

    My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 10:2

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

  • Job 10:3

    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?

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Job 10:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Diré á Dios: no me condenes; hazme entender por qué pleiteas conmigo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je dirai à ✝Dieu: Ne me condamne pas; fais-moi savoir pourquoi tu contestes avec moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich will zu Gott sagen: Verdamme mich nicht! laß mich wissen, worüber du mit mir rechtest.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dicam Deo: Noli me condemnare; indica mihi cur me ita judices.