Job 6:10

Job 6:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
• English Standard Version (ESV)This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
• New Living Translation (NLT)At least I can take comfort in this: Despite the pain, I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Context of Job 6:10

8“Oh, that I might have my request, That God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9That it would please God to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off! Then I would still have comfort; Though in anguish I would exult, He will not spare; For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 11“What strength do I have, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life? 12Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh bronze?

Job 6:10 word by word

וּ֥תְהִי ע֨וֹד׀ נֶ֘חָ֤מָתִ֗י וַאֲסַלְּדָ֣ה בְ֭חִילָה לֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל כִּי־לֹ֥א כִ֝חַ֗דְתִּי אִמְרֵ֥י קָדֽוֹשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then should I yet have comfortנֶחָמָהnechâmâh · comfortH5165
• yea, I would hardenסָלַדsâlad · to rejoiceH5539
• myself in sorrowחִילָהchîyl chîylâh · agonyH2427
• let him not spareחָמַלchâmal · to spareH2550
• for I have not concealedכָּחַדkâchad · to hideH3582
• the wordsאֵמֶר'êmer · wordH561
• of the Holy Oneקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918

Cross-references for Job 6:10

• Job 3:22Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad when they can find the grave?
• Job 21:33The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; Everyone shall follow him, As countless have gone before him.
• Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
• Deuteronomy 29:20“The Lord would not spare him; for then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book would settle on him, and the Lord would blot out his name from under heaven.
• Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
• 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
• Job 23:12I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.
• Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of justice.
• Psalms 40:9I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness In the great assembly; Indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O Lord, You Yourself know.
• Psalms 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.
• Psalms 119:13With my lips I have declared All the judgments of Your mouth.
• Acts 20:20how I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house,
• Leviticus 19:2“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
• 1 Samuel 2:2“No one is holy like the Lord, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.
• Isaiah 30:11Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path, Cause the Holy One of Israel To cease from before us.”
• Isaiah 57:15For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Commentaries on Job 6:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Then should I yet have comfort - Instead of עוד od, Yet, three of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. have זאת zoth, This. And This should be my comfort. The expectation that he will speedily make an end of me would cause me to rejoice with great joy. This reading is supported by the Vulgate and the Chaldee. I would harden myself in sorrow - To know that I should shortly have an end put to my miseries would cause me to endure the present with determinate…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Then should I yet have comfort - Dr. Good renders this, “then would I already take comfort.” Noyes, “yet it should still be my consolation.” The literal sense is, “and there would be to me yet consolation;” or “my consolation would yet be.” That is, he would find comfort in the grave (compare Job 3:13 ff), or in the future world. I would harden myself in sorrow - Dr. Good renders this, “and I will leap for joy.” In a similar way Noyes renders it, “I would…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Job had desired death as the happy end of his miseries. For this, Eliphaz had reproved him, but he asks for it again with more vehemence than before. It was very rash to speak thus of God destroying him. Who, for one hour, could endure the wrath of the Almighty, if he let loose his hand against him? Let us rather say with David, O spare me a little. Job grounds his comfort upon the testimony of his conscience, that he had been, in some degree…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. I would harden myself in sorrow--rather, "I would exult in the pain," if I knew that that pain would hasten my death [Gesenius]. Umbreit translates the Hebrew of "Let Him not spare," as "unsparing"; and joins it with "pain." concealed--I have not disowned, in word or deed, the commands of the Holy One (Psa 119:46; Ac 20:20). He says this in answer to Eliphaz' insinuation that he is a hypocrite. God is here called "the Holy One," to imply man's…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Holy One
• Arguing
• Arrow
• Conceal
• Harden
• Sorrowful
• Terror
• Job, Book of
• Papyrus
• exult, exultant

Commentaries on Job 6

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings