Job 10:20

Job 10:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
• New International Version (NIV)Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment’s joy
• English Standard Version (ESV)Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
• New King James Version (NKJV)Are not my days few? Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,

Context of Job 10:20

18Why did you let me be born? I should have died before anyone saw me. 19It would have been better if I had not been born. Or they should have put me in my grave, immediately after my birth. I will only live for a few more days. So leave me alone! Then I may be happy for a moment. 21I will soon go to the dark place where there is no hope. I will never come back from that place. 22I will go to that very dark place where there are only shadows. In that place, it is still dark when the light shines. ” ’

Job 10:20 word by word

הֲלֹא־מְעַ֣ט יָמַ֣י וַחֲדָ֑ל וְשִׁ֥ית מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה מְּעָֽט׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• not my daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• fewמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• ceaseחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
• let me aloneשִׁיתshîyth · to set: putH7896
• that I may take comfortבָּלַגbâlag · be cheerfulH1082

Cross-references for Job 10:20

• Job 7:6My life is passing very fast. Each day passes too quickly to see it! The days of my life will finish, and I cannot hope for anything to get better.
• Job 8:9We have not lived for very long, so we do not know very much. Our lives are like shadows that quickly disappear.
• Job 9:25The days of my life are passing very quickly, like a fast runner. None of my days makes me happy.
• Job 14:1Everyone that a woman gives birth to lives only for a short time. The days of his life are full of trouble.
• Psalms 39:5Yes, you have made the days of my life only a few! The time that I live seems very short to you. Human life is only a breath, even for those who seem to be strong. Selah.
• Psalms 103:15A person's life is like grass that quickly dies. He is strong only for a short time, like wild flowers in a field.
• Job 7:17Why do you think that people are important? Why do you watch us so carefully?
• Job 13:21Please stop punishing me. And stop causing me to be so afraid of you.
• Psalms 39:13Stop being angry with me, so that I can be happy again before I die.

Commentaries on Job 10:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Are not my days few? - My life cannot be long; let me have a little respite before I die.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Are not my days few? - My life is short, and hastens to a close. Let not then my afflictions be continued to the last moment of life, but let thine hand be removed, that I may enjoy some rest before I go hence, to return no more. This is an address to God, and the meaning is, that as life was necessarily so short, he asked to be permitted to enjoy some comfort before he should go to the land of darkness and of death; compare the note at Job 7:21. A…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-22Verses 14-22 Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings; but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar rigour. His gloom, unbelief, and hard thoughts of God, were as much to be ascribed to Satan's inward temptations, and his anguish of soul, under the sense of God's displeasure, as to his outward trials, and remaining depravity. Our Creator, become in Christ our Redeemer also, will not destroy the work of his hands in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-22Earlier, Job described "Sheol" as a somewhat peaceful place (3:13–19). Now, he calls it a land of darkness and gloom (see also 7:9–10; 14:7–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. But, since I was destined from my birth to these ills, at least give me a little breathing time during the few days left me (Job 9:34; 13:21; Psa 39:13).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Job 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings