Job 10:1-6

Job Continues His Response to Bildad

1 "My inner self loathes my life; {I want to give vent to my complaint}; I want to speak out of [the] bitterness of my inner self.
2 I will say to God, 'You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend [against] me.
3 Is it good for you that you oppress, that you despise the labor of your hands, and you smile over the schemes of [the] wicked?
4 {Do you have eyes of flesh}? Or {do you see as human beings see}?
5 [Are] your days as the days of human beings, or your years as the days of man,
6 that you seek out my iniquity, and you search for my sin

Job 10:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 10

Job here declares the greatness of his afflictions, which made him weary of his life, and could not help complaining; entreats the Lord not to condemn him but show him the reason of his thus dealing with him, Job 10:1,2; and expostulates with him about it, and suggests as if it was severe, and not easily reconciled to his perfections, when he knew he was not a wicked man, Job 10:3-7; he puts him in mind of his formation and preservation of him, and after all destroyed him, Job 10:8-12; and represents his case as very distressed; whether he was wicked or righteous it mattered not, his afflictions were increasing upon him, Job 10:13-17; and all this he observes, in order to justify his eager desire after death, which he renews, Job 10:18,19; and entreats, since his days he had to live were but few, that God would give him some respite before he went into another state, which he describes, Job 10:20-22.

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Or "soul"
  • [b]. Literally "I want to let go upon me my complaint"
  • [c]. Or "soul"
  • [d]. Literally "[Are] eyes of flesh for you"
  • [e]. Literally "as seeing of human being[s] you see"
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