Job 10:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Is it good{H2895} unto thee that thou shouldest oppress,{H6231} That thou shouldest despise{H3988} the work{H3018} of thy hands,{H3709} And shine{H3313} upon the counsel{H6098} of the wicked?{H7563}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Is it good{H2895}{(H8804)} unto thee that thou shouldest oppress{H6231}{(H8799)}, that thou shouldest despise{H3988}{(H8799)} the work{H3018} of thine hands{H3709}, and shine{H3313}{(H8689)} upon the counsel{H6098} of the wicked{H7563}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thinkest thou it well done, to oppresse me, to cast me of (beinge a worke of thy hondes) and to manteyne the councell of the vngodly?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thinkest thou it good to oppresse me, and to cast off the labour of thine handes, and to fauour the counsel of the wicked?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me? to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes? and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    [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?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Is it good to you that you should oppress, That you should despise the work of your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:15 : 15 You shall call, and I will answer You; You will have a desire for the work of Your hands.
  • Ps 138:8 : 8 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands.
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
  • Jer 12:1-3 : 1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously? 2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit. You are near in their mouth, but far from their hearts. 3 But You, O LORD, know me; You have seen me and tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
  • Lam 3:2-9 : 2 He has led me and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me He is turned; He turns His hand against me all day long. 4 My flesh and my skin He has made old; He has broken my bones. 5 He has built against me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. 6 He has set me in dark places, like those long dead. 7 He has hedged me in so I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy. 8 Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer. 9 He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked. 10 He was to me like a bear lying in wait, and like a lion in hiding. 11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate. 12 He has bent His bow and set me as a target for the arrow. 13 He has caused the arrows of His quiver to pierce my innermost parts. 14 I was a ridicule to all my people; their song all the day. 15 He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood. 16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; He has covered me with ashes. 17 You have moved my soul far from peace; I forgot prosperity. 18 And I said, My strength and my hope perished from the LORD.
  • 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust the keeping of their souls to him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
  • Job 8:20 : 20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will He help the evildoers:
  • Job 9:22 : 22 This is one thing, therefore I have said it, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.
  • Job 9:24 : 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: He covers the faces of its judges; if it is not He, then who is it?
  • Job 21:16 : 16 Indeed, 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 has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my justice. 6 Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression. 7 What man is like Job, who drinks up scorn like water?
  • Job 34:18-19 : 18 Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? And to princes, You are ungodly? 19 How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
  • Job 36:7-9 : 7 He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yes, he establishes them forever, and they are exalted. 8 And if they are bound in chains, and held in cords of affliction; 9 Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
  • Job 36:17-18 : 17 But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you. 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he takes you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he who contends with the Almighty instruct him? He who reproves God, let him answer it.
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
  • Ps 69:33 : 33 For the LORD hears the poor and does not despise his prisoners.

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