Job 10:2

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 10:1-22

FIRST SERIES OF THE DEBATE The first series of the debate may be outlined as follows: 1. With Eliphaz (chaps. 4-7) a. Speech of Eliphaz (chaps. 4-5) b. Reply of (chaps. 6-7) 2. With Bildad (chaps. 8-10) a. Speech of Bildad (chap. 8) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 9-10) 3. With Zophar (chaps. 11-14) a. Speech of Zophar (chap. 11) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 12-14) It is thought the debate may have occupied several days, by which supposition some of the difficulties of the book are removed. In the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 10:1-22

Job's Answer to Bildad. II. Job 9-10 We must remember, if we would understand Job's mournful and noble complaint and eloquence, that Job himself is utterly unaware of the circumstances under which he is suffering. Unfortunately for ourselves as readers, we know all that the historian or dramatist can tell us about the case; but Job knew only his suffering. A Why? almost indignant came from his lips again and again. And no wonder. It is one thing, we have seen, to read the Book of Job, and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 10:1-2

(1) ¶ My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. (2) I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. Though there is in those verses much seeming impatience, yet when the mourner crieth out, Do not condemn me; is there not in the same voice, a cry for mercy and favor? Reader! how sweet is it in the afflictions of GOD'S redeemed, that in a thousand afflictions there is no curse. JESUS hath... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 10:2

Judgest. Hebrew, "contendest with me," as with an enemy? Is it to punish some fault, or only to make thy grace shine forth? (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:1-7

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. When God afflicts us, he contends with us; when he contends with us, there is always a reason; and it is desirable to know the reason, that we may repent of and forsake the sin for which God has a controversy with us. But when, like Job, we speak in the bitterness of our souls, we increase guilt and... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 10:1-12

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 any specific guilt. v. 1. My soul is weary of my life, filled with disgust and loathing; I will leave my complaint upon myself, giving free course to his sorrowful statement; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. v. 2. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me, letting him die the death of a... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 10:1-22

B.—Job’s reply: Assertion of his innocence and a mournful description of the incomprehensibleness of his suffering as a dark horrible destinyJob 9-101. God is certainly the Almighty and Ever-Righteous One, who is to be feared; but His power is too terrible for mortal man:Job 9:2-121 Then Job answered and said,2 I know it is so of a truth:but how should man be just with God?3 If he will contend with Him,he cannot answer Him one of a thousand.4 He is wise in heart, and mighty... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 10:1-22

Soul Bitterness Job 10:1-22 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 must hurry on to achieve His design, Job 10:5 ; of reversing the careful providence which had watched over his earlier years, Job 10:12 ; of hunting and playing with him as a wild beast with his prey, Job 10:16-17 ; and asks that he may be allowed speedily to enter the land of Sheol , Job... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 10:1-22

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. He asked why God can contend with him, and with a terrible and yet sincere daring, born of affliction, he suggested questions: Does God delight in what He is doing? Is God's vision faulty as man's that He cannot see? Are God's days and years brief that He is afraid Job may escape Him? ... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:2

REMONSTRANCE WITH GOD‘I will say unto God, etc.’ Job 10:2 I. After the audacious words at the close of chapter 9 Job turns to God in the very bitterness of his soul, and ‘Show me,’ he says, ‘wherefore Thou contendest with me. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me long ago. Why, like a malignant human foe, dost Thou deal so cruelly with Thine own creature, one whose innocence Thou knowest? Oh, why didst Thou give me the gift of this weary life? Having given it, why not give me some respite... read more