New Living Translation
Job 33:10
10God is picking a quarrel with me, and 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,
- 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
8“You have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard your very words. 9You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin; I am innocent; I have no guilt. God is picking a quarrel with me, and he considers me his enemy. 11He puts my feet in the stocks and watches my every move.’ 12“But you are wrong, and I will show you why. For God is greater than any human being.
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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 were to wash myself with soap and clean my hands with lye,
- Job 10:15If I am guilty, too bad for me; and even if I’m innocent, I can’t hold my head high, because I am filled with shame and misery.
- Job 13:25Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind? Would you chase dry straw?
- Job 14:16For then you would guard my steps, instead of watching for my sins.
- Job 34:5For Job also said, ‘I am innocent, but God has taken away my rights.
- Job 13:24Why do you turn away from me? Why do you treat me as your enemy?
- Job 16:9God hates me and angrily tears me apart. He snaps his teeth at me and pierces me with his eyes.
- Job 19:11His fury burns against me; he counts me as an enemy.
- Job 30:21You have become cruel toward me. You use your power to persecute me.
- Job 31:35“If only someone would listen to me! Look, I will sign my name to my defense. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out the charges against me.
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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