Job 10:20

Modern

Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,

Traditional

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

Literal

Are not my days few? Then cease and withdraw from me, and let me smile a little,

Latin

Numquid non paucitas dierum meorum finietur brevi? dimitte ergo me, ut plangam paululum dolorem meum,

Hebrew

English

Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,

Earlier, Job described "Sheol" as a somewhat peaceful place (3:13–19). Now, he calls it a land of darkness and gloom (see also 7:9–10; 14:7–22).

Theme notes and profiles

Job 14:1
“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
Psalm 39:13
Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
Job 9:25–26
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
Job 13:21
Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
Psalm 103:15–16
As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;
Job 7:16–21
I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Psalm 39:5
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
Job 8:9
For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
Job 7:6–7
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.