Job 10:3
New International Version
Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?

New Living Translation
What 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?

English Standard Version
Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the designs of the wicked?

Berean Standard Bible
Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

King James Bible
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

New King James Version
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?

New American Standard Bible
‘Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject the work of Your hands, And to look favorably on the plan of the wicked?

NASB 1995
‘Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject the labor of Your hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?

NASB 1977
‘Is it right for Thee indeed to oppress, To reject the labor of Thy hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?

Legacy Standard Bible
Is it good to You that You oppress, That You reject the labor of Your hands, And cause the counsel of the wicked to shine forth?

Amplified Bible
‘Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress, To despise and reject the work of Your hands, And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked?

Christian Standard Bible
Is it good for you to oppress, to reject the work of your hands, and favor the plans of the wicked?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Is it good for You to oppress, to reject the work of Your hands, and favor the plans of the wicked?

American Standard Version
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Is it not enough to you that you treat unjustly and you despise the work of your hands, and you look upon the mind of the wicked?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Is it good before thee if I be unrighteous? for thou hast disowned the work of thy hands, and attended to the counsel of the ungodly.

Contemporary English Version
Why do you take such delight in destroying those you created and in smiling on sinners?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counsel of the wicked?

English Revised Version
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
What do you gain by mistreating me, by rejecting the work of your hands while you favor the plans of the wicked?

Good News Translation
Is it right for you to be so cruel? To despise what you yourself have made? And then to smile on the schemes of wicked people?

International Standard Version
Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked?

JPS Tanakh 1917
Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress, That Thou shouldest despise the work of Thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Literal Standard Version
Is it good for You that You oppress? That You despise the labor of Your hands, | And shine on the counsel of the wicked?

Majority Standard Bible
Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

New American Bible
Is it a pleasure for you to oppress, to spurn the work of your hands, and shine on the plan of the wicked?

NET Bible
Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

New Revised Standard Version
Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

New Heart English Bible
Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

Webster's Bible Translation
Is it good to thee that thou shouldst oppress, that thou shouldst despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

World English Bible
Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

Young's Literal Translation
Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

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Context
Job's Plea to God
2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me. 3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked? 4Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?…

Cross References
Job 9:22
It is all the same, and so I say, 'He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'

Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

Job 10:8
Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?

Job 14:15
You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.

Job 16:11
God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

Job 19:6
then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

Job 21:16
Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.


Treasury of Scripture

Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and shine on the counsel of the wicked?

Is it good

Job 34:5-7,18,19
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment…

Job 36:7-9,17,18
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted…

Job 40:2,8
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it…

despise

Psalm 69:33
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

the work.

Job 14:15
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

Job 34:19
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

Psalm 138:8
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

shine upon

Job 8:20
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

Jeremiah 12:1-3
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? …

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Job 10
1. Job, taking liberty of complaint, expostulates with God about his afflictions
18. He complains of life, and craves a little ease before death














Verse 3. - Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress? Job assumes that he is oppressed. He has no conception that his sufferings are a purification (John 15:2), intended to lead to the elevation and improvement of his moral character. He therefore asks - Is it worthy of God, is it good in him, is it compatible with his perfect excellence, to be an oppressor? It is a sort of argumentum ad verecundiam well enough between man and man, but quite out of place between a man and his Maker. That thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands (comp. Psalm 138:8). This argument is more legitimate. God may be expected, not to despise, but to care for, the work of his own hands (comp. Isaiah 19:25; Isaiah 29:23; 64:21; Isaiah 64:8; Ephesians 2:10). Every maker of a thing, as Aristotle says, loves his work, and naturally guards it, cares for it, and cherishes it. And shine upon the counsel of the wicked (comp. Job 9:24). The prosperity of evil-doers must arise, Job thinks, from God allowing his countenance to shine upon them.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Does it please
הֲט֤וֹב (hă·ṭō·wḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

You
לְךָ֨ ׀ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

to oppress me,
תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק (ṯa·‘ă·šōq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6231: To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

to reject
תִ֭מְאַס (ṯim·’as)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3988: To spurn, to disappear

the work
יְגִ֣יעַ (yə·ḡî·a‘)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3018: Toil, a work, produce, property

of Your hands,
כַּפֶּ֑יךָ (kap·pe·ḵā)
Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan

and favor
הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃ (hō·w·p̄ā·‘ə·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3313: To shine out or forth, to send out beams, cause to shine

the schemes
עֲצַ֖ת (‘ă·ṣaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

of the wicked?
רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person


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