Verse 3

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?

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:15 : 15 Thou dost call, and I -- I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.
  • Ps 138:8 : 8 Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness `is' to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 And now, O Jehovah, thou `art' our Father, We `are' the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand -- all of us.
  • Jer 12:1-3 : 1 Righteous `art' Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers. 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near `art' Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins. 3 And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.
  • Lam 3:2-9 : 2 Me He hath led, and causeth to go `in' darkness, and without light. 3 Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day. 4 He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones. 5 He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness. 6 In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter. 8 Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer. 9 He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked. 10 A bear lying in wait He `is' to me, A lion in secret hiding-places. 11 My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation. 12 He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow. 13 He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver. 14 I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day. 15 He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me `with' wormwood. 16 And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes. 17 And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity. 18 And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
  • 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.
  • Job 8:20 : 20 Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.
  • Job 9:22 : 22 It is the same thing, therefore I said, `The perfect and the wicked He is consuming.'
  • Job 9:24 : 24 Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covereth, If not -- where, who `is' he?
  • Job 21:16 : 16 Lo, not in their hand `is' their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
  • Job 22:18 : 18 And he hath filled their houses `with' good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
  • Job 34:5-7 : 5 For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right, 6 Against my right do I lie? Mortal `is' mine arrow -- without transgression.' 7 Who `is' a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,
  • Job 34:18-19 : 18 Who hath said to a king -- `Worthless,' Unto princes -- `Wicked?' 19 That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands `are' all of them.
  • Job 36:7-9 : 7 He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And `from' kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high, 8 And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction, 9 Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
  • Job 36:17-18 : 17 And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury, 18 Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
  • Ps 69:33 : 33 For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.