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?
Job 10:3 in other translations
| BSB | Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked? |
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| WEB | Is 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? |
| ASV | Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked? |
| YLT | 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? |
| DARBY | Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? |
| BBE | What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers? |
| Webster | Is it good to thee that thou shouldst oppress, that thou shouldst despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? |
What does Job 10:3 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Job 10:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 10:3
- Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
- Job 14:15
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
- Psalms 138:8
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
- Jeremiah 12:1-3
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
- Job 8:20
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
- Job 22:18
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- Job 36:17-18
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
- Job 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
- Psalms 69:33
For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
- 1 Peter 4:19
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
- Lamentations 3:2-18
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. …
- Job 36:7-9
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted. And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
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Context
- 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?
- Job 10:4
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Job 10:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Parécete bien que oprimas, que deseches la obra de tus manos, y que resplandezcas sobre el consejo de los impíos? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Prends-tu plaisir à opprimer, que tu méprises le travail de tes mains, et que tu fasses briller ta lumière sur le conseil des méchants? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gefällt es dir, daß du bedrückst, daß du die Arbeit deiner Hände verwirfst und über den Rat der Gesetzlosen dein Licht leuchten lässest? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numquid bonum tibi videtur, si calumnieris me, et opprimas me opus manuum tuarum, et consilium impiorum adjuves? |