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Job 10:20 Cross-References
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“Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone , that I may take comfort a little,”
Job 10:20 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 10:20
Job contemplates mortality's brevity: 'Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little.' The question 'Are not my days few?' (lo meat yamay, הֲלֹא מְעַט יָמַי) acknowledges life's brevity. Job pleads 'cease' (chadal, חֲדַל, stop or desist) and 'let me alone' (shith mimmenni, שִׁית מִמֶּנִּי, leave from me) so he can 'take comfort' (abligha, אַבְלִיגָה, brighten or be glad) 'a little' (meat, מְעַט, small amount).Job's request is modest—not perpetual happiness but brief respite before death. The plea reveals suffering's toll: Job cannot envision long-term reli...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 10:20
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“that I may recover strength”
“Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.”
“and know nothing”
“you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath. Selah.,Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah., הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּל־הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם נִצָּב סֶלָה׃ ,Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; And mine age is as nothing before Thee; Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah,38:6 ἰδοὺ παλαιστὰς ἔθου τὰς ἡμέρας μου καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου πλὴν τὰ σύμπαντα ματαιότης πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ζῶν διάψαλμα,38:5 Behold, thou hast made my days old; and my existence is as nothing before thee: nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause.,,,,”
“and are spent without hope.”
“for my days are but a breath.”
“his days are like grass. As a flower of the field”