God’s Word Translation
Job 10:2
2I will say to God, ‘Don’t condemn me. Let me know why you are quarreling with 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
1“I hate my life. I will freely express my complaint. I will speak as bitterly as I feel. I will say to God, ‘Don’t condemn me. Let me know why you are quarreling with me. 3What do you gain by mistreating me, by rejecting the work of your hands while you favor the plans of the wicked? 4Do you actually have human eyes? Do you see as a mortal 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 6:1O Lord, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your rage.
- Psalms 25:7Do not remember the sins of my youth or my rebellious ways. Remember me, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy and your goodness.
- Psalms 38:1O Lord, do not angrily punish me or discipline me in your wrath.
- Psalms 109:21O Lord Almighty, deal with me out of the goodness of your name. Rescue me because of your mercy.
- Psalms 143:2Do not take me to court for judgment, because there is no one alive who is righteous in your presence.
- Romans 8:1So those who are believers in Christ Jesus can no longer be condemned.
- Job 8:5If you search for God and plead for mercy from the Almighty,
- Job 34:31“But suppose such a person says to God, ‘I am guilty, I will stop my immoral behavior.
- Psalms 139:23Examine me, O God, and know my mind. Test me, and know my thoughts.
- Lamentations 3:40Let us look closely at our ways and examine them and then return to the Lord.
- Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Because we have sinned, it has been disastrous for us.
- 1 Corinthians 11:31If we were judging ourselves correctly, 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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