Job 10:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise and reject the work of Your hands, and favor the schemes 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? Common English Bible Does it seem good to you that you oppress me, that you reject the work of your hands and cause the purpose of sinners to shine? Catholic Public Domain Version Does it seem good to you, if you find fault with me and oppress me, the work of your own hands, and assist the counsel of the impious? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counsel of the wicked? |
You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands.
so that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
know then that God has put me in the wrong and closed his net around me.
Is not their prosperity indeed their own achievement? The plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.
Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.
“As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me.
Did not he who made me in the womb make them? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Anyone who argues with God must respond.”
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
“See, God will not reject the blameless, nor take the hand of evildoers.
It is all one; therefore I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the eyes of its judges— if it is not he, who then is it?
Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own who are in bonds.
Yet, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust their lives to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.