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 · 2000My 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 · 1611My 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 · 1901My 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 · 1949My 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 · 1862My 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) · 1752My 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 · 1890My 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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