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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_] Fo...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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HANDS. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. Compare Psalms
119:73; Psalms 138:8, and Psalms 139:5; Psalms 139:10.
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44....
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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_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...
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10:3 please (c-3) Or 'Is it meet for.'...
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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...
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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...
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הֲ טֹ֤וב לְךָ֨ ׀ כִּֽי ־תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק
כִּֽי ־תִ֭מְאַס יְגִ֣יעַ כַּפֶּ֑יךָ
וְ עַל ־עֲצַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים הֹופָֽעְתָּ
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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...
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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 m...
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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...
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[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...
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_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...
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(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...
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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...
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[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;...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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 dea...
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THE WORK OF THINE HANDS?:
_ Heb._ the labour of thine hands...
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"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...
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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. Wh...
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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...
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Job 10:3 good H2895 (H8804) oppress H6231 (H8799) despise H3988
(H8799) work H3018 hands H3709 smile H3313 (H8689) counsel H6098
wicked H7563
Is it good - Job 34:5-7, Job 34:18-19, Job 36:7-9,...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.
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_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...
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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 lo...
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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...
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1 Peter 4:19; Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 12:1; Job 14:15; Job 34:18; Job
34:19; Job 34:5; Job 36:17; Job 36:18; Job 36:7;...
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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,...