English Standard Version
Job 10:20
20Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
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
- New King James Version (NKJV)Are not my days few? Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,
- New Living Translation (NLT)I have only a few days left, so leave me alone, that I may have a moment of comfort
Context of Job 10:20
18"Why did you bring me out from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me 19and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave. Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer 21before I go—and I shall not return— to the land of darkness and deep shadow, 22the land of gloom like thick darkness, like deep shadow without any order, where light is as thick darkness."
Read all of Job 10Job 10:20 word by word
הֲלֹא־מְעַ֣ט יָמַ֣י וַחֲדָ֑ל וְשִׁ֥ית מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה מְּעָֽט׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 10:20
- Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and come to their end without hope.
- Job 8:9For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.
- Job 9:25"My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.
- Job 14:1"Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.
- Psalms 39:5Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
- Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
- Job 7:17What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him,
- Job 13:21withdraw your hand far from me, and let not dread of you terrify me.
- Psalms 39:13Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!"
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
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