Job Chapter 10

Job argues with God


10:1 My soul is loathes of my life; I will leave my complaint on myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
10:2 I will say to God, Don’t condemn me; make me know why you fight with me.
10:3 Is [it] good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine [on] the counsel of the wicked?
10:4 [Do] You [have] eyes of flesh? or do
you see as a man sees?
10:5 Are Your days as the days of man? are Your years as man’s days,
10:6 That You seek about my iniquity, and search for my sin?
10:7 You know that I am not wicked; and there is no one that can deliver out of Your hand.
10:8 Your hands have made me and fashioned me together all around; yet You do destroy me.
10:9 Remember, I beg You, that You have formed me like clay; and will you make me dust again?
10:10 Did You pour me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?
10:11 You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have knitted me with bones and ligaments.
10:12 You have granted me life and favor, and Your will has kept my spirit.
10:13 And these things have You hidden in Your heart: I know that this [was] with You.
10:14 If I sin, then You watched me, and You will not acquit me from my guilt.
10:15 If I am wrong, woe to me! and if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head [being] filled with shame and seeing my pain;
10:16 And if it increased. You hunt me as a fierce lion: and again You show Yourself marvelous in me.
10:17 You renew Your witnesses against me, and increase Your anger with me; changes and war are with me.
10:18 Why then did You bring me out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
10:19 I would have been as though I had not been; carried from the womb to the grave.

Job desires a little ease before death


10:20 Are not my days few?
then cease, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
10:21 Before I go and I shall not return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
10:22 A land of oblivion, the darkness of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

6 Responses

  1. Pingback: Job Chapter 21
  2. Pingback: Isaiah Chapter 38

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    • 18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddle with all wisdom.18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.18:3 When the wicked comes, then comes also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.18:4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom […]
    • Contrast the Upright and the Wicked
    • 16:1 To manלְאָדָם‎Transliteration: lᵊ’āḏām, human beingman, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) Adam, first man city in Jordan valley For more info click here belongs the arrangements of his heart, but from YAHWEH וּמֵיְהוָה‎Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew […]
    • The fear of YAHWEH 15:1 A soft response turns away wrath: but harsh words stir up anger. 15:2 The tongue of the wise introduces knowledge well: but the mouth of fools will spout foolishness. 15:3 The eyes of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎ Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God […]
    • Wisdom of the Sensible
    • The teaching of the wise son
    • Whoever loves instruction
    • A false balance is an abomination
    • Of moral virtues and their contrary vices
    • Wisdom's Invitation The error of foolishness
    • the voice of Wisdom The nature of wisdom Wisdom's eternity
    • Warning to wisdom
    • Against guaranty, idleness and wickedness Blessings of obedience
    • Exhortation to wisdom, content, liberality, and chastity
    • Solomon shows what instruction he had of parents
    • A forewarning to various qualities and duties Happy gain of wisdom
    • Wisdom promises godliness and safety
    • Use of proverbs Warning to believe and fear Complaint of wisdom
    • Israel prompted to Praise the YAHWEH
    • Beauty of unity among brothers