King James Version
Job 10:1 in the King James Version says “My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. weary: or...” — study this verse from Job chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. weary: or, cut off while I live”
Job 10:1 · KJV
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. weary: or, cut off while I live
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? work: Heb. labour
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“My soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“of my life”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon myself I will speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“in the bitterness”
H4751bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
“My soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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