Job 10:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲט֤וֹב לְךָ֨ ׀ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק כִּֽי־תִ֭מְאַס יְגִ֣יעַ כַּפֶּ֑יךָ וְעַל־עֲצַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃

Transliteration

?hăṭôb to you that taʿăšōq that timʾas yəgîaʿ kappêkā and upon ʿăṣat rəšāʿîm hôpāʿtā

Grammar Details

• *hăṭôb*: interrogative particle + adjective, masculine singular - is it good
• *taʿăšōq*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you oppress
• *timʾas*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you despise/reject
• *yəgîaʿ*: noun, masculine singular construct - labor/work of
• *kappêkā*: noun, dual construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hands
• *ʿăṣat*: noun, feminine singular construct - counsel/plan of
• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *hôpāʿtā*: Hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shine/show favor

Word Meanings

• *hăṭôb*: is it good/is it pleasing/does it benefit
• *taʿăšōq*: you oppress/you mistreat/you deal harshly
• *timʾas*: you despise/you reject/you spurn
• *yəgîaʿ*: labor/work/product
• *ʿăṣat*: counsel/plan/scheme
• *hôpāʿtā*: you shine/you show favor/you smile upon

Referenced Verses

• Job 14:15 : 15 Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
• Ps 138:8 : 8 Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.
• Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
• Jer 12:1-3 : 1 Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously? 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their heart. 3 But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
• Lam 3:2-9 : 2 He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light. 3 Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. 7 He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy. 8 Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer. 9 He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked. 10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places. 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate. 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 13 He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins. 14 I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day. 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood. 16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes. 17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity. 18 And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
• 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.
• Job 8:20 : 20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
• Job 9:22 : 22 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
• Job 9:24 : 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If [it be] not [he], who then is it?
• Job 21:16 : 16 Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
• Job 22:18 : 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
• Job 34:5-7 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right: 6 Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression. 7 What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,
• Job 34:18-19 : 18 [Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked; 19 That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
• Job 36:7-9 : 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted. 8 And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions; 9 Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
• Job 36:17-18 : 17 But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee]. 18 For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
• Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
• Job 40:8 : 8 Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
• Ps 69:33 : 33 For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.