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,
• 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,
• 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 then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me. 19If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave! Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment’s joy 21before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness, 22to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

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 7:6“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.
• Job 8:9for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
• Job 9:25“My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
• Job 14:1“Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.
• Psalms 39:5You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.
• Psalms 103:15The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field;
• Job 7:17“What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,
• Job 13:21Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frightening me with your terrors.
• Psalms 39:13Look away from me, that I may enjoy life 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