Job 10:3Is 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?
The setting
Ancient Uz (possibly Jordan/Saudi Arabia). A wealthy patriarch reduced to ash heap, covered in boils, family dead...
The emotion here: devastated but demanding answers
The original word
ma'as (מָאַס) — to despise, reject with contempt what was once valued
Why it matters
Job likely lived during the time of Abraham, making him one of the oldest recorded voices in human literature
Read with care
What most readers miss in Job 10:3
Job isn't asking IF God oppresses — he's asking if God thinks it's GOOD to oppress
Common misconceptionPeople think Job is being irreverent, but God later commends Job for speaking truthfully while condemning his friends for their platitudes.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Job 10:3
Bible Genome reading
Job 10:3 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Job 10:3 comes from the book of Job, written during the Patriarchal period. These words are attributed to Job. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 30% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the poetry genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine justice, moral confusion. Notable phrases: work of your hands; smile on the wicked. This verse is a prayer.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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