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Job 10:5

Job 10:5
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Are thy days as the days of man?.... No, they are not: not so few; the days of the years of man's life in common are threescore years and ten, Psa 90:10; but a thousand years with the Lord are but as…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Are thy days as the days of man - Does thy life pass on like that of man? Dost thou expect soon to die, that thou dost pursue me in this manner, searching out my sins, and afflicting me as if there…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 10:1-7

Here is, I. A passionate resolution to persist in his complaint, Job 10:1. Being daunted with the dread of God's majesty, so that he could not plead his cause with him, he resolves to give himself…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 10:5-7

Then he asks if God's life be brief like human life, that by the inquisition of chastisements He seeks to bring Job's sin to light, lest His victim should outlive Him, and hurries on his punishment…

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