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Job 10:20

What does Job 10:20 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 10:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly? Suffer me, therefore, that I may lament my sorrow a little:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,

Context

v.19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

v.20This passage

v.21Before I go whence I shall not return, Evento the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 103:15

    As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

  • Job 7:6

    My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.

  • Job 7:16

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

  • Psalms 39:5

    Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah

  • Job 14:1

    Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.

  • Job 9:25

    Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good.

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