Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy. New Living Translation God is picking a quarrel with me, and he considers me his enemy. English Standard Version Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy, Berean Standard Bible Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. King James Bible Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, New King James Version Yet He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy; New American Standard Bible ‘Behold, He invents criticisms against me; He counts me as His enemy. NASB 1995 ‘Behold, He invents pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy. NASB 1977 ‘Behold, He invents pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy. Legacy Standard Bible Behold, He finds reasons for opposition against me; He counts me as His enemy. Amplified Bible ‘Behold, God finds pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy. Christian Standard Bible But he finds reasons to oppose me; he regards me as his enemy. Holman Christian Standard Bible But He finds reasons to oppose me; He regards me as His enemy. American Standard Version Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy: Contemporary English Version You claim that God has made you his enemy, English Revised Version Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy; GOD'S WORD® Translation God is only looking for an excuse to attack me. He considers me his enemy. Good News Translation But God finds excuses for attacking me and treats me like an enemy. International Standard Version Nevertheless, God has found a pretext to attack me; he considers me his enemy. Majority Standard Bible Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. NET Bible Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy! New Heart English Bible Look, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy. Webster's Bible Translation Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, World English Bible Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBehold, He develops hindrances against me, "" He reckons me for an enemy to Him, Young's Literal Translation Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him, Smith's Literal Translation Behold, he will find enmity against me, and he will reckon me for an enemy to him. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBecause he hath found complaints against me, therefore he hath counted me for his enemy. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet he has discovered blame in me, and so he has treated me like his enemy. New American Bible Yet he invents pretexts against me and counts me as an enemy. New Revised Standard Version Look, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBehold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Behold, he finds occasions against me and he counts me as an enemy to him OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Behold, He findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for His enemy; Brenton Septuagint Translation Yet he has discovered a charge against me, and he has reckoned me as an adversary. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Elihu Rebukes Job…9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me. 10Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. 11He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’… Cross References Job 9:17-18 For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause. / He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness. Job 13:24 Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy? Job 19:11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies. Job 16:9 His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes. Job 10:16-17 Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me. / You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave. Job 30:21 You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand. Job 34:5-6 For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice. / Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’ Job 35:2 “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’ Psalm 10:13 Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.” Psalm 31:22 In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help. Psalm 77:7-9 “Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again? / Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time? / Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah Isaiah 29:21 those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice. Lamentations 3:8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer. Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Romans 8:33-34 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. / Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us. Treasury of Scripture Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me for his enemy, he findeth Job 9:30,31 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; … Job 10:15-17 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; … Job 13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? he counteth Job 13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? Job 16:9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. Job 19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. Jump to Previous Considers Counteth Counts Enemy Eyes Fault Find Findeth Finds Found Haters Hostility Occasions Pretexts Reckon SomethingJump to Next Considers Counteth Counts Enemy Eyes Fault Find Findeth Finds Found Haters Hostility Occasions Pretexts Reckon SomethingJob 33 1. Elihu offers himself instead of God to reason with Job8. He excuses God from giving man an account of his ways, by his greatness 14. God calls man to repentance by visions, by afflictions, and by his ministry 31. He incites Job to attention He finds occasions against me This phrase suggests a perception of being targeted or accused. In the Hebrew text, the word for "occasions" can be understood as "pretexts" or "charges." This reflects Job's feeling that God is actively seeking reasons to find fault with him. Historically, this sentiment echoes the ancient Near Eastern belief in divine retribution, where misfortune was often seen as a sign of divine displeasure. Job's lament here is deeply personal, expressing a sense of injustice and misunderstanding in his relationship with God. He counts me as His enemy Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Yetהֵ֣ן (hên) Interjection Strong's 2005: Lo! behold! He finds יִמְצָ֑א (yim·ṣā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present occasions תְּ֭נוּאוֹת (tə·nū·’ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8569: Alienation, enmity against me; עָלַ֣י (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against He counts me יַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי (yaḥ·šə·ḇê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 2803: To think, account as His לֽוֹ׃ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew enemy. לְאוֹיֵ֣ב (lə·’ō·w·yêḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary Links Job 33:10 NIVJob 33:10 NLT Job 33:10 ESV Job 33:10 NASB Job 33:10 KJV Job 33:10 BibleApps.com Job 33:10 Biblia Paralela Job 33:10 Chinese Bible Job 33:10 French Bible Job 33:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 33:10 Behold he finds occasions against me (Jb) |
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