Christian Standard Bible
Job 10:2
2I will say to God, “Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why you prosecute 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
1I am disgusted with my life. I will give vent to my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say to God, “Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why you prosecute me. 3Is it good for you to oppress, to reject the work of your hands, and favor the plans of the wicked? 4Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human sees?
Read all of Job 10Job 10:2 word by word
אֹמַ֣ר אֶל־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי הֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִי עַ֣ל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 10:2
- Psalms 6:1Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; do not discipline me in your wrath.
- Psalms 25:7Do not remember the sins of my youth or my acts of rebellion; in keeping with your faithful love, remember me because of your goodness, Lord.
- Psalms 38:1Lord, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
- Psalms 109:21But you, Lord, my Lord, deal kindly with me for your name’s sake; because your faithful love is good, rescue me.
- Psalms 143:2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous in your sight.
- Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus,
- Job 8:5But if you earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
- Job 34:31Suppose someone says to God, “I have endured my punishment; I will no longer act wickedly.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
- Lamentations 3:40Let’s examine and probe our ways, and turn back to the Lord.
- Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned.
- 1 Corinthians 11:31If we were properly judging ourselves, 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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