New International Version
Job 33:10
10Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy.
Job 33:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for 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;
- New Living Translation (NLT)God is picking a quarrel with me, and he considers me his enemy.
Context of Job 33:10
8“But you have said in my hearing— I heard the very words— 9‘I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin. Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy. 11He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.’ 12“But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.
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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 9:30Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,
- Job 10:15If 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.
- Job 13:25Will you torment a windblown leaf? Will you chase after dry chaff?
- Job 14:16Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
- Job 34:5“Job says, ‘I am innocent, but God denies me justice.
- Job 13:24Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?
- Job 16:9God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
- Job 19:11His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies.
- Job 30:21You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me.
- Job 31:35(“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
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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