Job 10:17 Meaning and Explanation
“Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Job feels that God keeps bringing fresh accusations and renewed assaults against him, wave upon wave.
What Does Job 10:17 Mean?
Job continues the courtroom and battlefield language. He pictures God summoning new 'witnesses' against him with each fresh affliction, His displeasure mounting, until 'changes and war' come like relieving troops -- one trouble replacing another without rest. The sense is of being besieged from every side.
Few who suffer long will not recognize this feeling of waves that keep breaking. Job names it without pretending it away. And yet the believer is not finally left under siege. The accusations that pile up are answered in the One who stands as advocate, and the war that wears us down is the very ground on which His peace is at last revealed.
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What does Job 10:17 mean?
Job feels that God keeps bringing fresh accusations and renewed assaults against him, wave upon wave.