Job 10:20
Are not my days, few?—then forbear, and set me aside, that I may brighten up for a little;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
19As though I had not been, should I have become,—from the womb to the grave, might I have been borne.
21Before I go, and not return, unto a land of darkness and death-shade:
Cross References
Job 7:6My days, are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they are spent, without hope.
Job 7:16I am wasted away, Not, to times age-abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.
Job 8:9For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:
Job 13:21Thy hand—from off me, take thou far away, and, thy terror, let it not startle me!
Psalms 39:5Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee,—Surely, a mere breath, are all men, [even] such as stand firm. [Selah.]
Psalms 103:15As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;
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 →