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Job 10:20

Job 10:20
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone , that I may take comfort a little,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Before I go whence I shall not return,.... Before he went out of the world, the way of all flesh, to the grave, his long home, from whence there is no return to this world, and to the business and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 10:14-22

Here we have,

I. Job's passionate complaints. On this harsh and unpleasant string he harps much, in which, though he cannot be justified, he may be excused. He complained not for nothing, as the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 10:20-22

He begs for a little easing of his pain ere he departs to the land of darkness.

are not my days few The same argument as ch. Job 7:16.

cease then, and let me alone Another reading is, let him cease…