Job 10:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 10:20 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
  2. Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
  3. Job 7:16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
  4. Job 7:19Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
  5. Job 8:9For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
  6. Job 9:25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
  7. Job 13:21Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
  8. Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
  9. Psalms 39:5You, 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
  10. Psalms 39:13Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
  11. Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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