Job 10:4

"Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?"

Key Reflection

This verse challenges the idea that oppressing others and ignoring God's guidance bring joy or satisfaction. It suggests that such actions go against the inherent goodness and purpose for which humans are created, leading to a sense of dissonance and dissatisfaction in one’s soul.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Hast thou eyes of flesh? -Eyes like man. Dost thou look upon man with the same disposition to discern faults; the same uncharitableness and inclination to construe everything in the severest manner possible, which characterizes man? Possibly Job may have reference here to the harsh judgment of his friends, and means to ask whether it could be possible for God to evince the same feelings in judging of him which they had done.

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