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Job 10:17

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me. His accumulated trials were like a succession of witnesses brought up in proof of his guilt, to wear out the accused. Compare Malachi 3:5, "I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers," etc.

Changes and war are against me - rather ('thou settest in array) against me host after host' х chªliypowt (H2487) wªtsaabaa' (H6635)] - literally, changes and a host - i:e., a succession of hosts-namely, his afflictions, and then reproach upon reproach from his friends (Job 6:4; Job 19:12, "His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle").

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See also Job 10:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 10:17. _THOU RENEWEST THY WITNESSES_] In this speech of Job he is ever referring to _trials in courts of judicature_, and almost all his terms are _forensic_. Thou bringest witnesses in cont...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THOU RENEWEST THY WITNESSES AGAINST ME - Margin, “that is, plagues.” The Hebrew is, “thy witnesses” - עדיך _‛__ēdeykā_. So the Vulgate. The Septuagint is, “renewing against me my examination,” τὴν...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Job's tone becomes sharper. He accuses God of having created him only to torment him. What profit is there to God in destroying the work that has cost Him so much pains? (Job 10:3)? Is God short-sight...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The contradiction between this dealing with Job in the womb and since his birth and God's present treatment of him is only to be reconciled by the supposition that God's present severe treatment of Jo...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    תְּחַדֵּ֬שׁ עֵדֶ֨יךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּ֗י וְ תֶ֣רֶב כַּֽ֭עַשְׂךָ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Witnesses, afflictions; (Menochius) "wounds." (Pagnin) (Tirinus)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THY WITNESSES: That is, thy plagues...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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