King James Version
Job 10:2 in the King James Version says “I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.” — study this verse from Job chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.”
Job 10:2 · KJV
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. weary: or, cut off while I live
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
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? work: Heb. labour
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Do not condemn”
H7561to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
“me shew”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“me wherefore thou contendest”
H7378properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
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