Job 10:17

Job 10:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
• New International Version (NIV)You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You renew your witnesses against me and increase your vexation toward me; you bring fresh troops against me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You renew Your witnesses against me, And increase Your indignation toward me; Changes and war are ever with me.

Context of Job 10:17

15If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction. 16And ifmy head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me. Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me. 18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me. 19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

Job 10:17 word by word

תְּחַדֵּ֬שׁ עֵדֶ֨יךָ׀ נֶגְדִּ֗י וְתֶ֣רֶב כַּֽ֭עַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִ֑י חֲלִיפ֖וֹת וְצָבָ֣א עִמִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

• witnessesעֵד‛êd · witnessH5707
• Changesחֲלִיפָהchălîyphâh · changeH2487
• warfareצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635

Cross-references for Job 10:17

• Job 16:8And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me: And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.
• Ruth 1:21I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
• Psalms 55:19God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, [Selah The menwho have no changes, And who fear not God.
• Jeremiah 48:11Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed.
• Zephaniah 1:12And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.
• Job 16:11God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
• Job 19:6Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause, And hath compassed me with his net.

Commentaries on Job 10:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Thou renewest thy witnesses - In this speech of Job he is ever referring to trials in courts of judicature, and almost all his terms are forensic. Thou bringest witnesses in continual succession to confound and convict me. Changes and war - I am as if attacked by successive troops; one company being wearied, another succeeds to the attack, so that I am harassed by continual warfare.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me - Margin, “that is, plagues.” The Hebrew is, “thy witnesses” - עדיך ‛ēdeykā So the Vulgate. The Septuagint is, “renewing against me my examination,” ̀ ̓́́ tēn ecetasin mou Rabbi Levi supposes that the plague of the leprosy is intended. But the true meaning seems to be, that God sent upon him calamities which were regarded by his friends as “proofs” or “witnesses” that he was wicked, the public and solemn…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-22Verses 14-22 Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings; but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar rigour. His gloom, unbelief, and hard thoughts of God, were as much to be ascribed to Satan's inward temptations, and his anguish of soul, under the sense of God's displeasure, as to his outward trials, and remaining depravity. Our Creator, become in Christ our Redeemer also, will not destroy the work of his hands in…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. witnesses--His accumulated trials were like a succession of witnesses brought up in proof of his guilt, to wear out the accused. changes and war--rather, "(thou settest in array) against me host after host" (literally, "changes and a host," that is, a succession of hosts); namely, his afflictions, and then reproach upon reproach from his friends.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 10:17

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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