Job 10:1
“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- KJV
- My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- WEB
- “My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- ASV
- My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- DARBY
- My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- BLB
- [“] My soul Is weary of my life; I will leave upon myself my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- ÅB
- Min sjel er lei av mitt liv, jeg vil la min klage ha fritt løp, jeg vil tale i min sjels bitre smerte.
- OTB
- «I sorg avskyr jeg mitt liv;
derfor vil jeg uttrykke min klage fritt;
og jeg vil tale i min sjels bitterhet. - B1930
- Min sjel er lei av mitt liv, jeg vil la min klage ha fritt løp, jeg vil tale i min sjels bitre smerte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 7:11
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Read in context1 Kings 19:4
while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
Read in contextNumbers 11:15
If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”
Read in contextJonah 4:8
As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Read in contextJob 9:21
Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
Read in contextJob 5:15–16
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
Read in contextJob 5:20
In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
Read in contextJob 6:8–9
If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
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