Job 10:3 “Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and…”

Job 10:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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?

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?

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

Thinkest thou it good to oppresse me, and to cast off the labour of thine handes, and to fauour the counsel of the wicked?

Darby Translation

Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon 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?

Bible in Basic English

What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

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Cross references

“Is it good”

Job 34:5–7 Job 36:7–9 Job 40:2 Job 40:8 Lamentations 3:2–18 Job 34:18

Job 34:5–7 · BSB

For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.

Job 36:7–9 · BSB

He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

Job 40:2 · BSB

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

Job 40:8 · BSB

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

Lamentations 3:2–18 · BSB

He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.

Job 34:18 · BSB

who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’

“despise”

Psalm 69:33

Psalm 69:33 · BSB

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

“the work”

Isaiah 64:8 Job 14:15 Psalm 138:8 1 Peter 4:19

Isaiah 64:8 · BSB

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

Job 14:15 · BSB

You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.

Psalm 138:8 · BSB

The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.

1 Peter 4:19 · BSB

So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.

“shine upon”

Jeremiah 12:1–3 Job 8:20

Jeremiah 12:1–3 · BSB

Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Job 8:20 · BSB

Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.

Also

Job 22:18 Job 21:16 Job 9:22 Job 9:24

Job 22:18 · BSB

But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Job 21:16 · BSB

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

Job 9:22 · BSB

It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

Job 9:24 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.

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

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