Job 10:20
Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
In Context
19and I become as if I had not been? for why was I not carried from the womb to the grave?
21before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess;
Cross References
Job 7:6And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.
Job 7:16For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life is vain.
Job 8:9(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow:)
Job 13:21Withhold thine hand from me: and let not thy fear terrify me.
Psalms 39:5Blessed is the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, and who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.
Psalms 103:15and wine makes glad the heart of man, to make his face cheerful with oil: and bread strengthens man's heart.
Matthew Henry on Job 10:15-22
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh… Read the whole commentary →