Job 10 - Introduction

TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION

10 I am tired of living.

Listen to how bitter I am.

2 Don-'t condemn me, God.

Tell me what the charge against me is.

3 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 men?

4 Do you see things as men do?
5 Is your life as short as ours?
6 Then why do you track down all my sins

and hunt down every fault I have?

7 You know that I am not guilty,

that no one can save me from you.

8Your hands formed and shaped me,

and now those same hands destroy me.

9 Remember that you made me from clay;

are you going to crush me back to dust?

10 You gave my father strength to beget me;

you made me grow in my mother's womb.

11 You framed my body with bones and sinews

and covered the bones with muscles and skin.

12 You have given me life and constant love,

and your care has kept me alive.

13 But now I know that all that time

you had a secret purpose for me.

14 You were watching to see if I would sin,

so you could refuse to forgive me.

15 As soon as I sin, I-'m in trouble with you,

but when I do right, I get no credit.
I am miserable and covered with shame.

16 If I have any success at all,

you hunt me down like a lion;
you even work miracles to hurt me.

17 You always have some witness against me;

your anger towardme grows and grows;

you always have some new attack.

18 Why, God, did you let me be born?

I should have died before anyone saw me.

19 To go from the womb straight to the grave

would have been as good as never existing.

20 Isn-'t my life almost over? Leave me alone!

Let me enjoy the time I have left.

21 I am going soon and will never come back

going to a dark, gloomy land,

22 a land of darkness, shadows, and confusion,

where even the light is darkness.

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION 10:1-22

199.

There is a change of attitude and expression in this chapter. What is it?

200.

To whom is Job addressing his words in verse one? Why?

201.

The expression from Job do not condemn me proves what?

202.

Job asks a question in verse three. What is it?

203.

Job's question of verse four is answered in the epistle to the Hebrews and in Philippians 2:5 ff. What is the question and the answer?

204.

Job imagines all sorts of possible reasons for God's action in bringing this suffering upon him. Name two reasons as stated in Job 10:5-7.

205.

How does Job interpret the fact that God as the potter created him? Cf. Job 10:8-9.

206.

To what is the milk and cheese alluding in Job 10:10-11?

207.

Why does Job use the imagery of conception and birth? This is a crucial questionanswer it carefully.

208.

Job's present condition has convinced him of somethingi.e., according to Job 10:13what is it?

209.

How is the word mark used in Job 10:14?

210.

What wonders are under consideration in Job 10:16?

211.

Job and our Lord had something very much in common (Cf. Job 10:18-19). What was it?

212.

Show how Ps. 39:14 and Job 10:20 relate.

213.

Give two synonyms describing Sheol. Where and what is Sheol?