The Meaning of Job 10:3 Explained

Job 10:3

KJV: 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?

YLT: Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

Darby: Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

ASV: 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?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[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? 

What does Job 10:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 10:1-22 - Soul Bitterness
In this chapter Job accuses God of persecuting His own workmanship, Job 20:3; of pursuing him with repeated strokes, as if he had not time enough to wait between them, but must hurry on to achieve His design, Job 10:5; of reversing the careful providence which had watched over his earlier years, Job 10:12; of hunting and playing with him as a wild beast with his prey, Job 10:16-17; and asks that he may be allowed speedily to enter the land of Sheol, Job 10:18-22.
As we read these complaints, we may remember days in our lives when we uttered similar ones, but we are without excuse. And when we are tempted in this direction, it is for us to remember that probably we are being tried to teach the manifold wisdom of God, and that the works of God should be made manifest in us, Ephesians 3:10; John 9:3. It will enable us to endure, if we remember that God has conferred on us high honor, by choosing us to show that we can stand the fire, like those iron safes, blackened by smoke, which the makers place in the shop windows to prove the stability of their workmanship. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 10

1  Job, taking liberty of complaint, expostulates with God about his afflictions
18  He complains of life, and craves a little ease before death

What do the individual words in Job 10:3 mean?

[Does [it seem] good to You that You should oppress You should despise the work of Your hands and on the counsel of the wicked smile
הֲט֤וֹב לְךָ֨ ׀ כִּֽי־ תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק תִ֭מְאַס יְגִ֣יעַ כַּפֶּ֑יךָ וְעַל־ עֲצַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים ؟ הוֹפָֽעְתָּ

הֲט֤וֹב  [Does  [it  seem]  good 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
לְךָ֨ ׀  to  You 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
כִּֽי־  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק  You  should  oppress 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: עָשַׁק  
Sense: to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort.
תִ֭מְאַס  You  should  despise 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: מָאַס 
Sense: to reject, despise, refuse.
יְגִ֣יעַ  the  work 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יְגִיעַ  
Sense: toil, work.
כַּפֶּ֑יךָ  of  Your  hands 
Parse: Noun, fdc, second person masculine singular
Root: כַּף  
Sense: palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand.
וְעַל־  and  on 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
עֲצַ֖ת  the  counsel 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֵצָה 
Sense: counsel, advice, purpose.
רְשָׁעִ֣ים  of  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
؟ הוֹפָֽעְתָּ  smile 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָפַע  
Sense: to shine, shine forth or out, cause to shine, send out beams.