New English Translation
Job 10:20
20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
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 from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me! 19I should have been as though I had never existed; I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave! Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort, 21before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, 22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
Read all of Job 10Job 10:20 word by word
הֲלֹא־מְעַ֣ט יָמַ֣י וַחֲדָ֑ל וְשִׁ֥ית מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה מְּעָֽט׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
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 were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.
- Job 9:25“My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.
- Job 14:1“Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
- Psalms 39:5Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
- Psalms 103:15A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
- Job 7:17“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?
- Job 13:21Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.
- Psalms 39:13Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.
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
Topics related to Job 10:20
In the dictionaries
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
New English Translation — © 1996-2016 Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C.
Commentaries