What does Job 10:17 mean?

Job 10:17 highlights themes such as suffering, divine-relationship, justice when read in context.

How should I apply Job 10:17 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

15If 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;

16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

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Psalm 22:12
Both verses reflect a sense of being surrounded by adversaries and distress.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
Job's experience of war contrasts with Paul's assurance of hope amid suffering.
Romans 8:31
Job's sense of being overwhelmed contrasts with the assurance of God's support in Romans.