Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Job 10:3
That thou shouldest despise, &c.— That thou shouldest hate or destroy the work of thine hands, and give countenance to, or favour the counsel of the wicked? Houbigant and Heath.
That thou shouldest despise, &c.— That thou shouldest hate or destroy the work of thine hands, and give countenance to, or favour the counsel of the wicked? Houbigant and Heath.
Verse Job 10:3. IS IT _GOOD UNTO THEE_] Surely it can be no gratification to thee to distress the children of men, as if thou didst despise the work of thy own hands. _AND SHINE UPON THE COUNSEL_] F...
IS IT GOOD UNTO THEE THAT THOU SHOULDEST OPPRESS - The sense of this is, that it could not be with God a matter of personal gratification to inflict pain wantonly. There must be a reason why he did it...
CHAPTER S 9-10 JOB ANSWERS BILDAD _ 1. The supremacy and power of God (Job 9:1)_ 2. How then can Job meet Him? (Job 9:11) 3. He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked (Job 9:22) 4. Confession of we...
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...
HANDS. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. Compare Psalms 119:73; Psalms 138:8, and Psalms 139:5; Psalms 139:10. wicked
_is it good unto thee_ The usual meaning of the phrase is, Is it thy pleasure, does it seem right to thee? Deuteronomy 23:17. The words might also mean, Is it becoming thee? Exodus 14:12. The former s...
5. HE WOULD ASK THE ALMIGHTY THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE IN HIS TREATMENT OF HIS CREATURE. (JOB 10:1-22) TEXT 10:1-22 10 My soul is weary of my life; I will give free coarse to my complaint; I will s...
_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?_ Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, th...
10:3 please (c-3) Or 'Is it meet for.'...
THE WORK OF THINE HANDS] i.e. man, God's creature. 4-6. 'Is God's judgment liable to mistakes like that of frail man' (EYES OF FLESH), 'or is His time so short that He is in a hurry to find Job guilt...
JOB'S SECOND SPEECH (CONCLUDED) 1-7. Job seeks the reason of his trial, and protests against God's treatment as inconsistent with the natural relations between Creator and created, and with God's kno...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 10 JOB PRAYS TO GOD JOB PR...
God created Job’s body. So Job was God’s ‘own work’. But now God seemed to oppose Job. And God seemed to help wicked men. This did not seem sensible to Job. But Job did not have any other explanation....
הֲ טֹ֤וב לְךָ֨ ׀ כִּֽי ־תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק כִּֽי ־תִ֭מ
X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN JOB 9:1; Job 10:1 Job SPEAKS IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to appear to him by Bildad's speech that Job begins his reply. Yes, yes; it...
SOUL BITTERNESS Job 10:1 In this chapter Job accuses God of persecuting His own workmanship, Job 20:3; of pursuing him with repeated strokes, as if he had not time enough to wait between them, but mu...
Notwithstanding all this, Job appealed to God. Turning from his answer to Bildad, he poured out his agony as in the presence of the Most High. It was by no means a hopeful appeal, but it was an appeal...
[Is it] (d) good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the (e) work of thine hands, and shine upon the (f) counsel of the wicked? (d) Is it agreeable to your justice to d...
Calumniate permissively, by treating me in such a manner, that others lay false crimes to my charge. Hebrew, "oppress and despise the work." --- Wicked, who are ready enough (Haydock) to assert that v...
(3) 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? (4) Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man s...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
[IS IT] GOOD UNTO THEE THAT THOU SHOULDEST OPPRESS?.... This God does not approve of in others; he dehorts men from it; he threatens to punish those that do so, and to be a swift witness against them;...
Job 10:3 [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? Ver. 3. _Is it good unto thee that thou sho...
_Is it good unto thee?_ Dost thou take any pleasure in it, _that those shouldest oppress?_ By thy absolute and irresistible power, without regard to that justice and clemency by which thou usest to go...
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? Surely God would not take pleasure, find joy, in cruelly...
JOB'S PRAYER FOR ENLIGHTENMENT. Job now launches forth into a pitiful complaint, addressing God Himself on the great severity with which He was treating him, although He knew that he was innocent of...
AN ATTEMPT TO REASON WITH GOD (vv.1-22) Since there was no mediator, Job in this chapter (from verse 2 on) directs all of his words directly to God, reasoning with Him as regards why God should deal...
THE WORK OF THINE HANDS?: _ Heb._ the labour of thine hands...
"IS IT RIGHT": Implying that it was wrong for God to afflict Job, His own creation, while favoring the wicked. "Is God enjoying the cat and mouse game? Is He like. capricious potter who makes pots jus...
1-7 Job, being weary of his life, resolves to complain, but he will not charge God with unrighteousness. Here is a prayer that he might be delivered from the sting of his afflictions, which is sin. W...
Dost thou take any pleasure in it? Hast thou any advantage or honour by it? Dost thou think it right and just, and becoming the Ruler of the world? THAT THOU SHOULDEST OPPRESS, by thy absolute and irr...
Job 10:3 good H2895 (H8804) oppress H6231 (H8799) despise H3988 (H8799) work H3018 hands H3709 smile...
CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Bildad. CONCLUSION: Sometimes, when in affliction, the believer is tempted to think that God's providences and His justice cannot be...
Job 10:1. _I will leave my complaint upon myself._ These words seem to imply, that he would bear his complaint in silence; but it immediately follows, _I will speak in the bitterness of my soul._ Oste...
_Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress?_ JOB’S MISTAKEN VIEWS OF HIS SUFFERINGS I. As inconsistent with all his ideas of his Maker. 1. As inconsistent with His goodness. “Is it good unto...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 10:3 Job’s awareness that he is THE WORK OF God’s HANDS provides the theme for the verses that follow. ⇐
_JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD—CONTINUED_ His speech takes the form rather of an expostulation with God in regard to his afflictions. The vehemence of his spirit reaches its height in this chapter. Does not...
EXPOSITION JOB 10:1 Having answered Bildad, Job proceeds to pour out the bitterness of his soul in a pathetic complaint, which he addresses directly to God. There is not much that is novel in the lon...
Now Job goes on in the tenth chapter. He said, My soul is weary of my life (Job 10:1); He goes right back into his misery. He looks for the answer, but it isn't there; it isn't to be found. And so I...
1 Peter 4:19; Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 12:1; Job 14:15; Job 34:18;...
Good — Dost thou take any pleasure in it? Far be it from Job, to think that God did him wrong. But he is at a loss to reconcile his providences with his justice. And so other good men have often been,...