Bible Strands
Job 33:10
Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Elihu addresses Job, responding to Job's declaration of personal purity in verse 9 by describing God's active opposition.
The words — The terms תְּנוּאוֹת (te.nu'ot) meaning "occasions" and יַחְשְׁבֵנִי (yach.she.ve.ni) meaning "he counts me" carry the verse's judicial tone.
The thread — Job 13:24 asks why God hides His face and considers the speaker an enemy, and Job 19:11 states God's anger burns and counts the speaker among His enemies.
Why it lands — The text forces the reader to hold the stated claim of innocence alongside the stated reality of divine hostility without smoothing the contradiction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
Cross-references
- Job 13:24 Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
- Job 19:11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
- Job 9:30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
- Job 10:15 If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
- Job 14:16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
- Job 16:9 His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
- Job 30:21 You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
- Job 31:35 (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
- Job 34:5 For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.