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Job 10:3
3Your own hands created me. So you should not be cruel to me. It is not right. Instead, you are kind to wicked people. You help them to do the bad things that they want to do.
Job 10:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
- New International Version (NIV)Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the designs of the wicked?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
Context of Job 10:3
1I do not want to live any longer. I must continue to complain. I am very upset and I have to speak about it. 2This is what I will say to God: “Do not say that I am guilty. Tell me what bad things you think I have done. Your own hands created me. So you should not be cruel to me. It is not right. Instead, you are kind to wicked people. You help them to do the bad things that they want to do. 4Do you see things as people see them? Are your eyes only like human eyes? 5Is your life like a human life? It is surely not as short as that!
Read all of Job 10Job 10:3 word by word
הֲט֤וֹב לְךָ֨׀ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק כִּֽי־תִ֭מְאַס יְגִ֣יעַ כַּפֶּ֑יךָ וְעַל־עֲצַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- goodטוֹבţôb · be pleasingH2895
- unto thee that thou shouldest oppressעָשַׁק‛âshaq · to oppressH6231
- that thou shouldest despiseמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
- the workיְגִיעַyegîya‛ · toilH3018
- of thine handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709
- and shineיָפַעyâpha‛ · to shineH3313
- upon the counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
- of the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
Cross-references for Job 10:3
- Job 34:5Job has said, “I am not guilty. But God refuses to judge me in a fair way.
- Job 36:7He takes care of righteous people. He gives them authority to rule like kings. He gives them honour for ever.
- Job 40:2‘Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty God? You say that I have not been fair. Now you must explain what you mean.’
- Lamentations 3:2He has led me into the dark. There is no light, so I cannot see the right way.
- Psalms 69:33For the Lord listens to the prayers of poor people. He does not forget to help his people when they are prisoners.
- Job 14:15You would call me and I would answer you. You would want to see me again, because your own hands created me.
- Job 34:19God created everyone. He is not more kind to important people than he is to other people. He does not help rich people more than he helps poor people.
- Psalms 138:8The Lord stands with me to do what he has promised. Yes, Lord, your faithful love will always continue. You have made us who we are, so do not leave us now!
- Isaiah 64:8But Lord, you are still our Father. We are like clay that you have used. You are like the potter who has made us into pots. You made us all with your own hands.
- 1 Peter 4:19So remember this. If you receive trouble because that is what God wants, you should continue to trust him. God made you and he always does what he has promised. So you should continue to do what is good.
- Job 8:20Listen! God never turns away from a man who is not guilty. Nor will he ever help wicked people.
- Jeremiah 12:1Lord, when I complain to you, you always do what is right. But I must ask you about your justice. Why do wicked people have success in life? Why do people who cheat their friends live in comfort?
Commentaries on Job 10:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Is it good unto thee - Surely it can be no gratification to thee to distress the children of men, as if thou didst despise the work of thy own hands. And shine upon the counsel - For by my afflictions the harsh judgments of the wicked will appear to be confirmed: viz., that God regards not his most fervent worshippers; and it is no benefit to lead a religious life.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress - The sense of this is, that it could not be with God a matter of personal gratification to inflict pain wantonly. There must be a reason why he did it. This was clear to Job, and he was anxious, therefore, to know the reason why he was treated in this manner. Yet there is evidently here not a little of the spirit of complaining. There is an insinuation that God was afflicting him beyond what he deserved…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Job is unwilling to think God can have pleasure in using His power to "oppress" the weak, and to treat man, the work of His own hands, as of no value (Job 10:8; Psa 138:8). shine upon--favor with prosperity (Psa 50:2).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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