Job 10:20
I only have a few days left, so why don't you leave me alone so I can have a little peace
Free Bible Version
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
19It would have been better if I had never existed, taken straight from the womb to the grave.
21before I go to where I shall never return from, the land of darkness and the shadow of death—
Cross References
Job 7:6My days pass quicker than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
Job 7:16I hate my life! I know I won't live long. Leave me alone because my life is just a breath.
Job 8:9Our days on earth fade as quickly as a passing shadow.
Job 13:21Stop beating me, and stop terrifying me.
Psalms 39:5Just look at the tiny amount of days you have given me! In your eyes my whole lifetime is like nothing. Our lives here are just a breath… Selah.
Psalms 103:15Human lifetimes are like grass: we blossom like flowers in a field,
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 →