Job 10:15
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
בֹּשֶׁת
bôsheth
shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Key Terms in This Verse
בֹּשֶׁת bôsheth
shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
Study H1322 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Study H4392 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
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