EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 33:10
10But God has decided to punish me! He attacks me as if I am his enemy.
Job 33:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
- New International Version (NIV)Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yet He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy;
Context of Job 33:10
8I have heard the things that you have said, Job. This is what I heard you say: 9“I am not guilty. I have not done anything that is wrong. I am pure and clean. But God has decided to punish me! He attacks me as if I am his enemy. 11He has tied my feet with chains. He always watches me to see where I go.” 12But now I tell you this, Job: You are not right! God is greater than any human.
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הֵ֣ן תְּ֭נוּאוֹת עָלַ֣י יִמְצָ֑א יַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי לְאוֹיֵ֣ב לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 33:10
- Job 9:30I might wash myself with pure water. I might clean my hands with soap.
- Job 10:15If 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 13:25I am as weak as a leaf that the wind can blow away. But you still want to frighten me. I am as useless as chaff, but you still attack me.
- Job 14:16You would watch me carefully, but you would not make a note of my sins.
- Job 34:5Job has said, “I am not guilty. But God refuses to judge me in a fair way.
- Job 13:24Why do you hide yourself from me? Why do you think that I am your enemy?
- Job 16:9God attacks me and he punishes me because he is angry. He shows his anger like a wild animal. He has become my enemy.
- Job 19:11He is very angry against me. He attacks me as if I am his enemy.
- Job 30:21You have become cruel to me. You have used your strength to attack me.
- Job 31:35I want someone to listen to me! All the things that I say are true. Almighty God should give me an answer! I need to know what I have done that is wrong. He should write down the reason why I am guilty!
Commentaries on Job 33:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Behold, he findeth occasions against me - That is, God. This is not exactly the language of Job, though much that he had said had seemed to imply this. The idea is, that God sought opportunity to oppose him; that he was desirous to find in him some ground or reason for punishing him; that he wished to be hostile to him, and was narrowly on the watch to find an opportunity which would justify his bringing calamity upon him. The word rendered “occasions”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Elihu charges Job with reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God. When we hear any thing said to God's dishonour, we ought to bear our testimony against it. Job had represented God as severe in marking what he did amiss. Elihu urges that he had spoken wrong, and that he ought to humble himself before God, and by repentance to unsay it. God is not accountable to us. It is unreasonable for weak, sinful creatures, to strive with a God of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. occasions--for hostility; literally, "enmities" (Job 13:24; 16:9; 19:11; 30:21).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 33
- 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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