Job 10:2
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I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so?

Do not

Psalm 6:1-4 Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave. [2] O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath. . . .

Psalm 25:7 The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember. According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.

Psalm 38:1-8 A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath. [2] Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy wrath. . . .

Psalm 109:21 But thou, O Lord, do with me for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me,

Psalm 143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.

Romans 8:1 There is now therefore no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh.

shew me

Job 8:5,6 Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty: . . .

Job 34:31,32 Seeing then I have spoken of God, I will not hinder thee in thy turn. . . .

Psalm 139:23,24 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths. . . .

Lamentations 3:40-42 Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord. . . .

Lamentations 5:16,17 The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, because we have sinned. . . .

1 Corinthians 11:31,32 But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. . . .

Context
Job's Plea to God
1My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so?3Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counsel of the wicked?…
Cross References
Job 9:3
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.

Job 9:29
But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?

Job 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.

Lexicon
I will say
אֹמַ֣ר (’ō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

God:
אֱ֭לוֹהַּ (’ĕ·lō·w·ah)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 433: God -- a deity, the Deity

‘Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

condemn me!
תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי (tar·šî·‘ê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7561: To be, wrong, to disturb, violate

Let me know
הֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִי (hō·w·ḏî·‘ê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

why
עַ֣ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

You prosecute me.’
תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃ (tə·rî·ḇê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend


Additional Translations
I will say to God: ‘Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.’I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me.

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

And I will say to the Lord, Do not teach me to be impious; and wherefore hast thou thus judged me?

I will say unto +God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why thou contendest with me.

I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.

I say unto God, 'Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive with me.
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