Job 33 · Verse 10

Job 33:10

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
Job 33:10, King James Version

Job 33:10 in other translations

BSBYet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
WEBBehold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
ASVBehold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy;
YLTLo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,
DARBYLo, he findeth occasions of hostility against me, he counteth me for his enemy;
BBESee, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;
WebsterBehold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

What does Job 33:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. occasions--for hostility; literally, "enmities" (Job 13:24; 16:9; 19:11; 30:21).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 33:8-13

Elihu charges Job with reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God. When we hear any thing said to God's dishonour, we ought to bear our testimony against it. Job had represented God as severe in marking what he did amiss. Elihu urges that he had spoken wrong, and that he ought to humble himself before God, and by repentance to unsay it. God is not accountable to us. It is unreasonable for weak, sinful…

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Job 33:10 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.

הֵ֣ןhenhere!H2005
תְּ֭נוּאוֹתTe.nu.'otoccasionsH8569
עָלַ֣י'a.Laion meH5921
יִמְצָ֑אyim.Tza'he findsH4672
יַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִיyach.she.Ve.nihe considers meH2803
לְאוֹיֵ֣בle.'o.Yevto an enemyH341
לֽוֹ\׃loof him

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

Cross references for Job 33:10

  • Job 19:11

    He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

  • Job 13:24-25

    Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

  • Job 30:21

    Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

  • Job 10:15-17

    If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

  • Job 31:35

    Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

  • Job 16:9

    He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

  • Job 34:5

    For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

  • Job 14:16

    For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

  • Job 9:30-31

    If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he findeth.
9:30,31; 10:15-17; 13:25; 14:16; 34:5
he counteth.
13:24; 16:9; 19:11; 30:21; 31:35

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 33:9

    I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

  • Job 33:10

    Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

  • Job 33:11

    He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

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Job 33:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí que él buscó achaques contra mí, y me tiene por su enemigo;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici, il trouve des occasions d’inimitié contre moi, il me considère comme son ennemi;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe, er erfindet Feindseligkeiten wider mich; er hält mich für seinen Feind.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quia querelas in me reperit, ideo arbitratus est me inimicum sibi.