New King James Version
Job 19:3
3These ten times you have reproached me; You are not ashamed that you have wronged me.
Job 19:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
- New International Version (NIV)Ten times now you have reproached me; shamelessly you attack me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)These ten times you have cast reproach upon me; are you not ashamed to wrong me?
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have already insulted me ten times. You should be ashamed of treating me so badly.
Context of Job 19:3
1Then Job answered and said: 2“How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words? These ten times you have reproached me; You are not ashamed that you have wronged me. 4And if indeed I have erred, My error remains with me. 5If indeed you exalt yourselves against me, And plead my disgrace against me,
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זֶ֤ה עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּ֭עָמִים תַּכְלִימ֑וּנִי לֹֽא־תֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 19:3
- Genesis 31:7Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.
- Leviticus 26:26When I have cut off your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall bring back your bread by weight, and you shall eat and not be satisfied.
- Numbers 14:22because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice,
- Nehemiah 4:12So it was, when the Jews who dwelt near them came, that they told us ten times, “From whatever place you turn, they will be upon us.”
- Daniel 1:20And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king examined them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm.
- Job 4:6Is not your reverence your confidence? And the integrity of your ways your hope?
- Job 5:3I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.
- Job 8:4If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.
- Job 11:3Should your empty talk make men hold their peace? And when you mock, should no one rebuke you?
- Job 15:4Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God.
- Job 18:4You who tear yourself in anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed from its place?
- Job 19:17My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am repulsive to the children of my own body.
- Genesis 42:7Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them, “Where do you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”
- Psalms 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother’s children;
Commentaries on Job 19:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3These ten times - The exact arithmetical number is not to be regarded; ten times being put for many times, as we have already seen. See particularly the note on Genesis 31:7; (note). Ye make yourselves strange to me - When I was in affluence and prosperity, ye were my intimates, and appeared to rejoice in my happiness; but now ye scarcely know me, or ye profess to consider me a wicked man because I am in adversity. Of this you had no suspicion when I was…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3These ten times - Many times; the word “ten” being used as we often say, “ten a dozen” or “twenty,” to denote many; see Genesis 31:7, “And your father hath changed my wages “ten times.” Leviticus 26:26, “and when I have broken your staff of bread, “ten women” shall bake your bread, in one oven;” compare Numbers 14:22; Nehemiah 4:6. You are not ashamed that you make yourselves strange to me - Margin, “harden yourselves strange to me.” Margin, “harden…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The number ten symbolized a large, non-definite quantity rather than a specific count (for example, Genesis 31:7; Leviticus 26:26; Numbers 14:22; Daniel 1:20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. These--prefixed emphatically to numbers (Ge 27:36). ten--that is, often (Ge 31:7). make yourselves strange--rather, "stun me" [Gesenius]. (See Margin for a different meaning [that is, "harden yourselves against me"]). 4.erred--The Hebrew expresses unconscious error. Job was unconscious of wilful sin. remaineth--literally, "passeth the night." An image from harboring an unpleasant guest for the night. I bear the consequences.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 19
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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