Job 10:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 10:2

Job: I Would Plead with God

1 “My ^asoul loathes my life;
I will¹ give free course to my complaint,
^bI will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

2 I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Show me why You contend with me.

3 Does it seem good to You that You should oppress,
That You should despise the work of Your hands,
And smile on the counsel of the wicked?

4 Do You have eyes of flesh?
Or ^ado You see as man sees?

5 Are Your days like the days of a mortal man?
Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,

6 That You should seek for my iniquity
And search out my sin,

7 Although You know that I am not wicked,
And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?

8 ‘Your^a hands have made me and fashioned me,
An intricate unity;
Yet You would ^bdestroy me.

9 Remember, I pray, ^athat You have made me like clay.
And will You turn me into dust again?

10 ^aDid You not pour me out like milk,
And curdle me like cheese,

11 Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?

12 You have granted me life and favor,
And Your care has preserved my spirit.

13 ‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart;
I know that this was with You:

14 If I sin, then ^aYou mark me,
And will not acquit me of my iniquity.

15 If I am wicked, ^awoe to me;
^bEven if I am righteous, I¹ cannot lift up my head.
I am full of disgrace;
^cSee my misery!

16 If my head is exalted,
^aYou hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome against me.

17 You renew Your witnesses against me,
And increase Your indignation toward me;
Changes and war are ever with me.

18 ‘Why^a then have You brought me out of the womb?
Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!

19 I would have been as though I had not been.
I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.

20 ^aAre not my days few?
Cease! ^bLeave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,

21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return,
^aTo the land of darkness ^band the shadow of death,

22 A land as dark as darkness itself,
As the shadow of death, without any order,
Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”

Verse Comparison: Job 10:2

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American Standard Version
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

Amplified® Bible
I will say to God, Do not condemn me [do not make me guilty]! Show me why You contend with me.

Contemporary English Version
Don't just condemn me! Point out my sin.

Darby English Version
I will say unto +God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.

Good News Bible
Don't condemn me, God. Tell me! What is the charge against me?

King James Version
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

New American Standard Bible
"I will say to God, `Do not condemn me; Let me know why You contend with me.

New International Version
I will say to God: Do not condemn me,
but tell me what charges you have against me.

New King James Version
I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Show me why You contend with me.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I will say to God, ' Do not condemn me; Let me know why You contend with me.

Revised Standard Version
I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why thou dost contend against me.

Young's Literal Translation
I say unto God, `Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive `with' me.

New English Translation
I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn¹ me; tell me² why you are contending³ with me.’

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