Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But lo, he hath picked a quarrel against me, and taketh me for his enemy:

New American Standard Bible

‘Behold, He invents pretexts against me;
He counts me as His enemy.

King James Version

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

Holman Bible

But He finds reasons to oppose me;
He regards me as His enemy.

International Standard Version

Nevertheless, God has found a pretext to attack me; he considers me his enemy.

A Conservative Version

[Thou say,] Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.

American Standard Version

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy:

Amplified


‘Behold, God finds pretexts against me;
He counts me as His enemy.

Bible in Basic English

See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;

Darby Translation

Lo, he findeth occasions of hostility against me, he counteth me for his enemy;

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, he will find enmity against me, and he will reckon me for an enemy to him.

King James 2000

Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me for his enemy,

Lexham Expanded Bible

Look, he finds fault against me; he reckons me as his enemy;

Modern King James verseion

behold, He finds reasons to be against me, He counts me for His enemy;

NET Bible

Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!

New Heart English Bible

Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! occasions of hostility, would he find against me, He counteth me an enemy to him;

Webster

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

World English Bible

Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

תּנוּאה 
T@nuw'ah 
Usage: 2

Context Readings

Elihu Rebukes Job

9 'I am clean without any fault, I am innocent, and there is no wickedness in me. 10 But lo, he hath picked a quarrel against me, and taketh me for his enemy: 11 He hath put my foot in the stocks, and looketh narrowly unto all my paths.'

Cross References

Job 9:30-31

Though I washed my self with snowy water, and made mine hands never so clean,

Job 10:15-17

If I have done wickedly, woe is me therefore. If I have done righteously, yet dare I not lift up my head; so full am I of confusion, and see mine own misery.

Job 13:24-25

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Job 14:16

"For thou hast numbered all my goings, yet be not thou too extreme upon my sins.

Job 16:9

He is angry at me, he hateth me, and gnasheth upon me with his teeth. Mine enemy scowleth upon me with his eyes.

Job 19:11

His wrath is kindled against me; he taketh me, as though I were his enemy.

Job 30:21

Thou art become mine enemy, and with thy violent hand thou takest part against me.

Job 31:35

O that I had one which would hear me. Lo, this is my cause: Let the almighty give me answer, and let him that is my contrary party, sue me with libel.

Job 34:5

And why? Job hath said, 'I am righteous, but God doth me wrong.'

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