Bible Strands
Job 19:3
Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to his three friends during a prolonged dispute over his suffering. He addresses them immediately after they have pressed him with harsh questions and implied his hidden guilt.
The words — עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים ('eser pe'amim) translates literally to "ten times," functioning as a Hebrew idiom for repeated or complete action. תַּכְלִימוּנִי (takhlimuni) means "you have insulted me," directly naming the verbal abuse he is enduring.
The thread — The phrase "ten times" appears in Genesis 31:7 to mark repeated wage manipulation and in Nehemiah 4:12 to warn of recurring threats. In both cases, the number operates rhetorically to emphasize persistence rather than exact quantity.
Why it lands — The verse forces a reader to confront how repetitive accusations drain meaning and worsen conflict. It demands recognition that volume does not equal truth and calls for an immediate halt to cyclical condemnation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
Cross-references
- Genesis 31:7 And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
- Nehemiah 4:12 At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
- Job 15:4 But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
- Job 15:11 Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
- Job 18:4 You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
- Job 19:17 My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
- Psalms 69:8 I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
- Daniel 1:20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
- Genesis 42:7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
- Numbers 14:22 not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—