Job 10:1

What does Job 10:1 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 10:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Context

v.1This passage

v.2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 7:11

    Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Psalms 32:3

    When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

  • 1 Kings 19:4

    But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

  • Job 3:20

    Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

  • Job 19:4

    And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.

  • Job 7:16

    I loathe my life; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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