New Living Translation
Job 10:2
2I will say to God, ‘Don’t simply condemn me— tell me the charge you are bringing against 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 am disgusted with my life. Let me complain freely. My bitter soul must complain. I will say to God, ‘Don’t simply condemn me— tell me the charge you are bringing against me. 3What do you gain by oppressing me? Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands, while smiling on the schemes of the wicked? 4Are your eyes like those of a human? Do you see things only as people see them?
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, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage.
- Psalms 25:7Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of your unfailing love, for you are merciful, O Lord.
- Psalms 38:1O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage!
- Psalms 109:21But deal well with me, O Sovereign Lord, for the sake of your own reputation! Rescue me because you are so faithful and good.
- Psalms 143:2Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.
- Romans 8:1So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.
- Job 8:5But if you pray to God and seek the favor of the Almighty,
- Job 34:31“Why don’t people say to God, ‘I have sinned, but I will sin no more’?
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
- Lamentations 3:40Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord.
- Lamentations 5:16The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned.
- 1 Corinthians 11:31But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way.
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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