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You pour out your growing anger on me and bring fresh armies against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You renew your witnesses against me and increase your vexation toward me; you bring fresh troops against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war <i>are</i> against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You renew Your witnesses against me, And increase Your indignation toward me; Changes and war are <i>ever</i> with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘You renew Your witnesses against me And increase Your anger toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216You renew Your witnesses against me And increase Your anger toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Thou dost renew Thy witnesses against me, And increase Thine anger toward me, Hardship after hardship is with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You renew Your witnesses against me And increase Your vexation toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘You renew Your witnesses against me And increase Your indignation <i>and</i> anger toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me [attacking me time after time].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You produce new witnesses against me and multiply your anger toward me. Hardships assault me, wave after wave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me, wave after wave. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You never stop accusing me; you become furious and attack over and over again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and warfare are with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You keep finding new witnesses against me. You keep increasing your anger toward me. You keep bringing new armies against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You always have some witness against me; your anger toward me grows and grows; you always plan some new attack. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"'You have brought new witnesses against me, you're even more angry with me— you've brought fresh troops to attack me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You bring new witnesses against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops come against me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thy indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You renew Your witnesses against me, and multiply Your anger with me, "" Changes and warfare [are] with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare are with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou wilt renew thy testimonies before me, and thou wilt increase thy wrath upon me; changes and war with me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and multipliest thy wrath upon me, and pains war against me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You renew your testimony against me, and you multiply your wrath against me, and these punishments make war within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You renew your attack upon me and multiply your harassment of me; in waves your troops come against me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your vexation toward me; you bring fresh troops against me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast set thy armor against me, and increasest thy indignation toward me. Thou dost array one host after another against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you oppose your weapon against me and multiply your wrath toward me, and you spring armies against me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And increasest Thine indignation upon me; Host succeeding host against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />renewing against me my torture: and thou hast dealt with me in great anger, and thou hast brought trials upon me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/10-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1599" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/10.htm">Job's Plea to God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2318.htm" title="2318: tə·ḥad·dêš (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms) -- To renew, repair. A primitive root; to be new; causatively, to rebuild.">You produce new</a> <a href="/hebrew/5707.htm" title="5707: ‘ê·ḏe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A witness. Contracted from uwd; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. Prince.">witnesses</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: neḡ·dî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">against me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: wə·ṯe·reḇ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf.Jus-2ms) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">and multiply</a> <a href="/hebrew/3708.htm" title="3708: ka·‘aś·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Vexation, anger. Or kaoas; from ka'ac; vexation.">Your anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/5978.htm" title="5978: ‘im·mā·ḏî (Prep:: 1cs) -- Along with, against, by, from">toward me.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: wə·ṣā·ḇā (Conj-w:: N-cs) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">Hardships</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">assault me</a> <a href="/hebrew/2487.htm" title="2487: ḥă·lî·p̄ō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A change. From chalaph; alternation.">in wave after wave.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/16-12.htm">Job 16:12-14</a></span><br />I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target; / His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground. / He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6-11</a></span><br />then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me. / Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice. / He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/30-21.htm">Job 30:21</a></span><br />You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/7-20.htm">Job 7:20</a></span><br />If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/9-17.htm">Job 9:17</a></span><br />For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/13-24.htm">Job 13:24-27</a></span><br />Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy? / Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff? / For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/16-9.htm">Job 16:9</a></span><br />His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22</a></span><br />Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/21-27.htm">Job 21:27</a></span><br />Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/31-35.htm">Job 31:35-37</a></span><br />(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment. / Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown. / I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15-18</a></span><br />From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. / Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. / All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-8.htm">Psalm 102:8-10</a></span><br />All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me. / For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears / because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-1.htm">Lamentations 3:1-3</a></span><br />I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. / He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light. / Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Isaiah 30:27-28</a></span><br />Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire. / His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-14.htm">Jeremiah 30:14-15</a></span><br />All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins. / Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me; changes and war are against me.</p><p class="hdg">witnesses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-8.htm">Job 16:8</a></b></br> And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, <i>which</i> is a witness <i>against me</i>: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ruth/1-21.htm">Ruth 1:21</a></b></br> I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why <i>then</i> call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/55-19.htm">Psalm 55:19</a></b></br> God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm">Jeremiah 48:11</a></b></br> Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zephaniah/1-12.htm">Zephaniah 1:12</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass at that time, <i>that</i> I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.</p><p class="hdg">war</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11-16</a></b></br> God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6-11</a></b></br> Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/9-13.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-4.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/ezra/6-11.htm">Changes</a> <a href="/judges/15-3.htm">Displeasure</a> <a href="/job/9-20.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-9.htm">Forces</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-42.htm">Fresh</a> <a href="/job/5-6.htm">Hardship</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-6.htm">Host</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-5.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/job/8-11.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Increasest</a> <a href="/job/1-10.htm">Increasing</a> <a href="/esther/5-9.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-20.htm">Letting</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-12.htm">New</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-4.htm">Renew</a> <a href="/psalms/104-30.htm">Renewest</a> <a href="/acts/27-18.htm">Succeeding</a> <a href="/job/9-19.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/6-2.htm">Vexation</a> <a href="/job/5-20.htm">War</a> <a href="/job/7-1.htm">Warfare</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-5.htm">Wave</a> <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Witnesses</a> <a href="/job/9-13.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/14-13.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/job/19-12.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/job/37-12.htm">Changes</a> <a href="/psalms/2-5.htm">Displeasure</a> <a href="/job/11-11.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/25-3.htm">Forces</a> <a href="/job/29-20.htm">Fresh</a> <a href="/psalms/60-3.htm">Hardship</a> <a href="/job/39-21.htm">Host</a> <a href="/psalms/24-10.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/job/17-9.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Increasest</a> <a href="/job/12-23.htm">Increasing</a> <a href="/psalms/7-6.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/psalms/49-10.htm">Letting</a> <a href="/job/14-7.htm">New</a> <a href="/psalms/51-10.htm">Renew</a> <a href="/psalms/104-30.htm">Renewest</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Succeeding</a> <a href="/job/14-6.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/17-7.htm">Vexation</a> <a href="/job/15-26.htm">War</a> <a href="/job/14-14.htm">Warfare</a> <a href="/job/39-13.htm">Wave</a> <a href="/psalms/27-12.htm">Witnesses</a> <a href="/job/12-6.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Job 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/10-1.htm">Job, taking liberty of complaint, expostulates with God about his afflictions</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/10-18.htm">He complains of life, and craves a little ease before death</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This reflects Job's perception of his suffering as unjust and relentless. In the cultural context of the ancient Near East, legal imagery was common, and witnesses were crucial in legal proceedings. Job's lament can be seen as a courtroom drama where he feels God is both the judge and the prosecutor. This imagery is consistent with other parts of Job, such as <a href="/job/9-33.htm">Job 9:33</a>, where he longs for an arbiter between him and God. Theologically, this reflects the human struggle to understand divine justice and suffering.<p><b>and multiply Your anger toward me</b><br>Job perceives that God's anger is increasing against him. This reflects the ancient belief that suffering was often a sign of divine displeasure. In the broader biblical context, God's anger is often associated with judgment and correction, as seen in passages like <a href="/deuteronomy/29-27.htm">Deuteronomy 29:27-28</a>. However, Job's situation is unique because he is described as blameless and upright (<a href="/job/1.htm">Job 1:1</a>). This tension highlights the mystery of suffering and challenges the retributive justice theology prevalent in Job's time.<p><b>Hardships assault me in wave after wave</b><br>The imagery of waves suggests relentless and overwhelming suffering. This metaphor is used elsewhere in Scripture to describe overwhelming circumstances, such as in <a href="/psalms/42-7.htm">Psalm 42:7</a>, "Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me." The repetition of hardships reflects the intensity of Job's trials, which include loss of wealth, family, and health. This phrase captures the essence of Job's lament and his feeling of being besieged by suffering. It also foreshadows the ultimate resolution of Job's story, where God restores him, pointing to themes of redemption and hope amidst suffering.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning God's justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, whom Job addresses in his lament. Job perceives God as the source of his suffering and the one who allows new accusations against him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/witnesses.htm">Witnesses</a></b><br>In this context, these are metaphorical representations of the accusations or trials that Job feels are being brought against him by God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/hardships.htm">Hardships</a></b><br>The various trials and sufferings that Job is enduring, which he describes as relentless and overwhelming.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/w/wave_after_wave.htm">Wave after wave</a></b><br>A metaphor illustrating the continuous and unrelenting nature of Job's suffering, akin to waves crashing upon the shore.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is a complex part of the human experience, and even the righteous may endure intense trials. Job's account reminds us that suffering is not always a direct result of personal sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perception_vs._reality.htm">Perception vs. Reality</a></b><br>Job perceives God as multiplying His anger, yet the broader account reveals a divine purpose beyond Job's understanding. We must be cautious in interpreting our circumstances solely through our limited perspective.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_faith.htm">Endurance in Faith</a></b><br>Like Job, believers are called to endure suffering with faith, trusting in God's ultimate justice and mercy, even when His ways are inscrutable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lament.htm">The Role of Lament</a></b><br>Job's honest lament is a model for how believers can bring their deepest fears and frustrations to God, trusting that He hears and understands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_support.htm">Community Support</a></b><br>Job's friends initially come to comfort him, though they later falter. This highlights the importance of compassionate and wise support from the faith community during times of trial.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_handle_life's_unfairness.htm">How should you respond to life's unfairness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_15_34-35_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">In Job 15:34-35, how can the harsh depiction of divine judgment be squared with other biblical passages emphasizing God's mercy (e.g., Psalm 103:8)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_faithful_suffer_severely.htm">(Psalm 44:17-19) How is it consistent with other biblical texts that the righteous suffer so severely despite remaining faithful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_17's_despair_contradict_deliverance.htm">Does the profound hopelessness expressed in Job 17 contradict other scriptures that promise divine deliverance for the faithful?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">Thou renewest thy witnesses against me.</span>--Some understand this of the sores on Job's person, which his friends regarded as witnesses--proofs of his guilt; but it seems more probable that the figure is forensic: "Thou still bringest fresh witnesses against me, and multipliest thine anger against me, so that relays of them, even a host, are against me; for they come upon me host after host--these witnesses of Thine anger, the ministers of Thy vengeance." The sublimity of this indictment against God is only equalled by the sense of terrific awe with which one reads it. The language is Job's, and so far has the sanction of Holy Writ; but we may surely learn therefrom the condescension as well as the loving-kindness of the Most High.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou renewest thy witnesses against me</span>. Each fresh calamity that Job suffers is a new witness that God is displeased with him, both in his own eyes, and in those of his "comforters." Hie disease was no doubt continually progressing, and going from bad to worse, so that every day a new calamity seemed to befall him. And increasest thine indignation upon me; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "makest it more and more evidently to appear, that thou art angry with me." Changes and war are against me; rather, <span class="accented">changes and a host</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> attacks that are continually changing - a whole host of them, or "host after host" (Revised Version margin), come against me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/10-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You produce new</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּחַדֵּ֬שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḥad·dêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2318.htm">Strong's 2318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be new, to rebuild</span><br /><br /><span class="word">witnesses</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵדֶ֨יךָ ׀</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·ḏe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5707.htm">Strong's 5707: </a> </span><span class="str2">A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against me</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶגְדִּ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(neḡ·dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> </span><span class="str2">A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and multiply</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתֶ֣רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become much, many or great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your anger</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּֽ֭עַשְׂךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ka·‘aś·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3708.htm">Strong's 3708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vexation, anger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">toward me.</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמָּדִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mā·ḏî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5978.htm">Strong's 5978: </a> </span><span class="str2">Against, by, from, me, mine, of, that I take, unto, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hardships</span><br /><span class="heb">וְצָבָ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣā·ḇā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">assault me</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמִּֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in wave after wave.</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲלִיפ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·lî·p̄ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2487.htm">Strong's 2487: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alternation</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/10-17.htm">Job 10:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/10-17.htm">Job 10:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/10-17.htm">Job 10:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/10-17.htm">Job 10:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/10-17.htm">Job 10:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/10-17.htm">Job 10:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/10-17.htm">Job 10:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/10-17.htm">Job 10:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/10-17.htm">Job 10:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/10-17.htm">Job 10:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/10-17.htm">OT Poetry: Job 10:17 You renew your witnesses against me (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/10-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 10:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 10:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/10-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 10:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 10:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>