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

18‘Why then did You bring me out of the womb? If only I had died and no eye had seen me! 19I should have been as though I had not been, Brought from womb to tomb.’ Would He not leave my few days alone? Withdraw from me so that I may have a little cheerfulness 21Before I go--and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow, 22The land of utter gloom like darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And it shines like darkness.”

Job 10:20 word by word

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

• Would He not leaveחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
• my fewמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• Withdrawשִׁיתshîyth · to set: putH7896
• from me so that I may haveבָּלַגbâlag · be cheerfulH1082

Cross-references for Job 10:20

• Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And they come to an end without hope.
• Job 8:9For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
• Job 9:25“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
• Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
• Psalms 39:5Behold, You have made my days like hand widths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Certainly all mankind standing is a mere breath. Selah
• Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass; Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
• Job 7:17What is man that You exalt him, And that You are concerned about him,
• Job 13:21Remove Your hand from me, And may the dread of You not terrify me.
• Psalms 39:13Turn Your eyes away from me, that I may become cheerful 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