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Job 10:15
15If I am guilty of sin, that brings terrible trouble to me. But if I am righteous, I still feel ashamed. Whatever I do, I have nothing but shame and my life is full of trouble.
Job 10:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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;
- New International Version (NIV)If I am guilty—woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery!
Context of Job 10:15
13But now I know what you have been thinking. I have discovered your secret. 14You were watching me to see if I did wrong things. Then you would refuse to forgive me. If I am guilty of sin, that brings terrible trouble to me. But if I am righteous, I still feel ashamed. Whatever I do, I have nothing but shame and my life is full of trouble. 16If I try to be brave, you chase me like a hungry lion. You show your power to hurt me. 17You find more reasons to attack me. You become more and more angry with me. You attack me with even greater power.
Read all of Job 10Job 10:15 word by word
אִם־רָשַׁ֡עְתִּי אַלְלַ֬י לִ֗י וְ֭צָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂ֣א רֹאשִׁ֑י שְׂבַ֥ע קָ֝ל֗וֹן וּרְאֵ֥ה עָנְיִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- If I be wickedרָשַׁעrâsha‛ · be wickedH7561
- woeאַלְלַי'alelay · woe!H480
- I be righteousצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663
- will I not lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: kindnessH5375
- my headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
- fullשָׂבֵעַώâbêa‛ · satedH7649
- of confusionקָלוֹןqâlôn · dishonorH7036
- therefore seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- therefore seeרָאֶהrâ'eh · to seeH7202
- thou mine afflictionעֳנִי‛ŏnîy · afflictionH6040
Cross-references for Job 10:15
- Job 10:7You know that I am not guilty. But you also know that no one can save me from your power.
- Job 9:29So, if I am guilty, it is useless to do anything about it.
- Job 27:7I pray that God will punish my enemies as he punishes all wicked people. They do bad things to me, so they deserve punishment.
- Psalms 9:17Justice sends the wicked people away, into the deep hole of death. This will happen to all the nations that do not respect God.
- Isaiah 3:11But it will be very bad for the wicked people. They will receive the punishment that they deserve.
- Isaiah 6:5Then I said, ‘It is bad for me! My life is at an end! I have lips that are unclean. I live among people with lips that are unclean. With my own eyes I have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.’
- Malachi 3:18Because of that, you will see again that I am kind to good people, but I punish wicked people. I show the difference between people who serve me well and those who do not.’
- Romans 2:8But other people think only about themselves. They refuse to obey God's true message. Instead, they continue to do things that are wrong. God will be very angry with people like that and he will punish them.
- Job 9:12If God decides to take something, nobody can stop him. Nobody can ask him, “What are you doing?”
- Isaiah 64:5You help people who are happy when they do what is right. People like that obey your commands. But we continued to do wrong things, even when you were angry with us. We have done bad things for a long time, so will you ever come to save us?
- Luke 17:10It is the same with you. The Master tells you what you should do. So when you have done all of it, you should say, “We are not special servants. We have only done what we should do.” ’
- Job 21:6I think about what has happened to me. It makes me very afraid. My body shakes with fear.
- Job 23:15Because of that, I am afraid of him. When I think about all these things, I am very afraid.
- Exodus 3:7The Lord said, ‘I have certainly seen the troubles of my people in Egypt. I have heard them when they cry for help because of their cruel masters. I know that they are very sad.
- Psalms 25:18Look at all my pain! See how I am suffering! Forgive me for all my sins.
- Psalms 119:153Look at my pain and trouble! Please save me, because I do not forget your Law.
Commentaries on Job 10:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15If I be wicked - I must meet with that punishment that is due to the workers of iniquity. If I be righteous - I am only in the state which my duty to my Creator requires me to be in; and I cannot therefore suppose that on this account I can deserve any thing by way of favor from the justice of my Maker. I am full of confusion - I am confounded at my state and circumstances. I know that thou art merciful, and dost not afflict willingly the children of men…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15If I be wicked, woe unto me - The meaning of this in this connection is, “I am full of perplexity and sorrow. Whether I am wicked or righteous, I find no comfort. Whatever is my character, my efforts to be happy are unavailing, and my mind is full of anguish. Woe follows if I have been guilty of sin; and if I am not a sinful man, I am equally incapable of enjoyment. In every way I am doomed to wretchedness.” And if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up…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. 14-1514-15. Job is perplexed because God "marks" every sin of his with such ceaseless rigor. Whether "wicked" (godless and a hypocrite) or "righteous" (comparatively sincere), God condemns and punishes alike.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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