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Job 10:2
2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me [and declare me guilty]! Show me why You contend and argue and struggle with me.
Job 10:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
- New International Version (NIV)I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me.
Context of Job 10:2
1“I am disgusted with my life and loathe it! I will give free expression to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me [and declare me guilty]! Show me why You contend and argue and struggle with me. 3Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress, To despise and reject the work of Your hands, And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked? 4Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as a man sees?
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אֹמַ֣ר אֶל־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי הֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִי עַ֣ל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 10:2
- Psalms 6:1O Lord, do not rebuke or punish me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
- Psalms 25:7Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; According to Your lovingkindness remember me, For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.
- Psalms 38:1O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.
- Psalms 109:21But You, O God, the Lord, show kindness to me, for Your name’s sake; Because Your lovingkindness (faithfulness, compassion) is good, O rescue me;
- Psalms 143:2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
- Romans 8:1Therefore there is now no condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment] for those who are in Christ Jesus [who believe in Him as personal Lord and Savior].
- Job 8:5If you would [diligently] seek God And implore the compassion and favor of the Almighty,
- Job 34:31“For has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured my chastisement; I will not offend anymore;
- Psalms 139:23Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart; Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
- Lamentations 3:40Let us test and examine our ways, And let us return to the Lord.
- Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head [our honor is covered with dust]! Woe to us, for we have sinned!
- 1 Corinthians 11:31But if we evaluated and judged ourselves honestly [recognizing our shortcomings and correcting our behavior], we would not be judged.
Commentaries on Job 10:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Do 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me - Do not hold me to be wicked - תרשׁיעני אל 'al tarshı̂y‛ēnı̂y The sense is, “Do not simply hold me to be wicked, and treat me as such, without showing me the reasons why I am so regarded.” This was the ground of Job‘s complaint, that God by mere sovereignty and power held him to be a wicked man, and that he did not see the reasons why he was so considered and treated. He now desired to know in what he had offended…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. show me, &c.--Do not, by virtue of Thy mere sovereignty, treat me as guilty without showing me the reasons.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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