New Living Translation
Job 10:1
1“I am disgusted with my life. Let me complain freely. My bitter soul must complain.
Job 10:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- New International Version (NIV)“I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Context of Job 10:1
“I am disgusted with my life. Let me complain freely. My bitter soul must complain. 2I will say to God, ‘Don’t simply condemn me— tell me the charge you are bringing against me. 3What do you gain by oppressing me? Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands, while smiling on the schemes of the wicked?
Read all of Job 10Job 10:1 word by word
נָֽקְטָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֗י בְּחַ֫יָּ֥י אֶֽעֶזְבָ֣ה עָלַ֣י שִׂיחִ֑י אֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗ בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 10:1
- Job 3:20“Oh, why give light to those in misery, and life to those who are bitter?
- Job 6:8“Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant my desire.
- Job 5:15He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong, and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.
- Job 9:21“I am innocent, but it makes no difference to me— I despise my life.
- Job 14:13“I wish you would hide me in the grave and forget me there until your anger has passed. But mark your calendar to think of me again!
- Numbers 11:15If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this misery!”
- 1 Kings 19:4Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”
- Jonah 4:3Just kill me now, Lord! I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.”
- Job 7:11“I cannot keep from speaking. I must express my anguish. My bitter soul must complain.
- Job 19:4Even if I have sinned, that is my concern, not yours.
- Job 21:2“Listen closely to what I am saying. That’s one consolation you can give me.
- Job 10:15If I am guilty, too bad for me; and even if I’m innocent, I can’t hold my head high, because I am filled with shame and misery.
- Job 6:2“If my misery could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales,
- Job 16:6Instead, I suffer if I defend myself, and I suffer no less if I refuse to speak.
- Psalms 32:3When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long.
- Isaiah 38:15But what could I say? For he himself sent this sickness. Now I will walk humbly throughout my years because of this anguish I have felt.
Commentaries on Job 10:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1My soul is weary of my life - Here is a proof that נפש nephesh does not signify the animal life, but the soul or immortal mind, as distinguished from חי chai, that animal life; and is a strong proof that Job believed in the distinction between these two principles; was no materialist; but, on the contrary, credited the proper immortality of the soul. This is worthy of observation. See Job 12:10. I will leave my complaint - I still charge myself with the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1My soul is weary of my life - compare the note at Job 7:16. The margin here is, Or,” cut off while I live.” The meaning in the margin is in accordance with the interpretation of Schultens. The Chaldee also renders it in a similar way: אתגזרת נפשי - my soul is cut off. But the more correct interpretation is that in our common version; and the sense is, that his soul, that is, that he himself was disgusted with life. It was a weary burden, and he wished to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Job complains of his hardships. (1-7) He pleads with God as his Maker. (8-13) He complains of God's severity. (14-22) Verses 1-7 Job, being weary of his life, resolves to complain, but he will not charge God with unrighteousness. Here is a prayer that he might be delivered from the sting of his afflictions, which is sin. When God afflicts us, he contends with us; when he contends with us, there is always a reason; and it is desirable to know the reason…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221. leave my complaint upon myself--rather, "I will give loose to my complaint" (Job 7:11).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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