Click
here to show/hide instructions.
Instructions on how to use the page:
The commentary for the selected verse is is displayed below.
All commentary was produced against the King James, so the same verse from that translation may appear as well. Hovering your mouse over a commentary's scripture reference attempts to show those verses.
Use the browser's back button to return to the previous page.
Or you can also select a feature from the Just Verses menu appearing at the top of the page.
Selected Verse: Job 10:20 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 10:20 |
Strong Concordance |
Are not my days [03117] few [04592]? cease [02308] [02308] then, and let me alone [07896] [07896], that I may take comfort [01082] a little [04592], |
| |
King James |
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| But, since I was destined from my birth to these ills, at least give me a little breathing time during the few days left me (Job 9:34; Job 13:21; Psa 39:13). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Are not my days few? - My life is short, and hastens to a close. Let not then my afflictions be continued to the last moment of life, but let thine hand be removed, that I may enjoy some rest before I go hence, to return no more. This is an address to God, and the meaning is, that as life was necessarily so short, he asked to be permitted to enjoy some comfort before he should go to the land of darkness and of death; compare the note at Job 7:21. A somewhat similar expression occurs in Psa 39:13 :
O spare me, that I may recover strength,
Before I go hence, and be no more. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Cease - My life is short, and of itself hastens to an end, there is no need that thou shouldest grudge me some ease for so small a moment. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Are not my days few? - My life cannot be long; let me have a little respite before I die. |
13 O spare [08159] me, that I may recover strength [01082], before I go hence [03212], and be no more.
21 Withdraw [07368] thine hand [03709] far [07368] from me: and let not thy dread [0367] make me afraid [01204].
34 Let him take [05493] his rod [07626] away [05493] from me, and let not his fear [0367] terrify [01204] me:
13 O spare [08159] me, that I may recover strength [01082], before I go hence [03212], and be no more.
21 And why dost thou not pardon [05375] my transgression [06588], and take away [05674] mine iniquity [05771]? for now shall I sleep [07901] in the dust [06083]; and thou shalt seek me in the morning [07836], but I shall not be.