Job 10:20

Legacy Standard Bible

Would He not cease for a few of my days?Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Are my days not few? Stop it!Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little

Hebrew Names Version
Aren't my days few? Cease then, Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

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

English Standard Version
Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer

New Century Version
The few days of my life are almost over. Leave me alone so I can have a moment of joy.

New English Translation
Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

Amplified Bible
"Would He not let my few days alone, Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

New American Standard Bible
"Would He not leave my few days alone? Withdraw from me so that I may have a little cheerfulness

World English Bible
Aren't my days few? Cease then, Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Are not my dayes fewe? let him cease, and leaue off from me, that I may take a litle comfort,

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

Contemporary English Version
I have only a few days left. Why don't you leave me alone? Let me find some relief,

Complete Jewish Bible
Aren't my days few? So stop! Leave me alone, so I can cheer up a little

Darby Translation
Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,

Easy-to-Read Version
My life is almost finished. So leave me alone! Let me enjoy the little time I have left.

George Lamsa Translation
The days of my life are few; let me alone, that I may be quiet and rest a little

Good News Translation
Isn't my life almost over? Leave me alone! Let me enjoy the time I have left.

Lexham English Bible
Are not my days few? Let him leave me alone; let him turn from me, and let me rejoice a little.

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Shall not my short life come soone to an ende? O holde the fro me, let me alone, that I maye ease myself a litle:

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

Bible in Basic English
Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

King James Version (1611)
Are not my dayes few? cease then, and let me alone that I may take comfort a litle,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Are not my dayes fewe? Let him then leaue of fro me, and let me a lone, that I may comfort my selfe a litle,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether the fewnesse of my daies schal not be endid in schort? Therfor suffre thou me, that Y biweile `a litil my sorewe,

Update Bible Version
Are not my days few? Stop. Turn away from me, that I may take comfort a little,

Webster's Bible Translation
[Are] not my days few? cease [then], [and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

New King James Version
Are not my days few? Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,

New Living Translation
I have only a few days left, so leave me alone, that I may have a moment of comfort

New Life Bible
Are not my days few? Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort

New Revised Standard
Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Are not my days, few? - then forbear, and set me aside, that I may brighten up for a little;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly? Suffer me, therefore, that I may lament my sorrow a little:

Revised Standard Version
Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort

Young's Literal Translation
Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

Contextual Overview

¹⁴If I sin, then You would take note of meAnd would not acquit me of my guilt. ¹⁵If I am wicked, woe to me!And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.I am sated with disgrace—so see my misery! ¹⁶Should my head be set on high, You would hunt me like a lion;And again You would show Your wonders against me. ¹⁷You renew Your witnesses against meAnd increase Your vexation toward me;Hardship after hardship is with me. ¹⁸‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb?Would that I had breathed my last and no eye had seen me! ¹⁹I should have been as though I had not been,Carried from womb to tomb.' ²⁰Would He not cease for a few of my days?Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer ²¹Before I go—and I shall not return—To the land of darkness and shadow of death, ²²The land of utter gloom as the thick darkness itself,Of the shadow of death, without order,And which shines as the thick darkness."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

my days few: Job 7:6, Job 7:7, Job 7:16, Job 8:9, Job 9:25, Job 9:26, Job 14:1, Psalms 39:5, Psalms 103:15, Psalms 103:16

cease: Job 7:17-21, Job 13:21, Psalms 39:13

Reciprocal: Job 6:11 - What Job 14:6 - Turn

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood.

Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[Are] not my days few?.... They are so, the days of every man are but few; see Job 14:1; the remainder of Job's days were but few; considering the course of nature, and especially the sore afflictions he had on him, it could not be thought his days on earth were many; in all likelihood, according to human probability, he had but a few days to live: or "are not my days a small little thing" g? it is as an hand's breadth, as nothing before God, Psalms 39:5;

cease [then]; that is, from afflicting him; since he had so short a time to live, he requests there might be some intermission of his trouble; that he might have some intervals of comfort and refreshment, that not all his days, which were so few, should be spent in grief and sorrow: some connect this with the preceding clause, and which is most agreeable to the accents, "shall not the fewness of my days cease" h? I have but a few days, and these few days will soon cease; therefore give me some respite from my afflictions; and so the Targum,

"are not my days swift and ceasing?''

[and] let me alone; do not follow me with afflictions, or disturb and distress me with them; but take off thine hand, that I may have some rest and ease; see Job 7:10; or "put from me"; thine anger, as Kimchi, or thine army, as Junius and Tremellius; or thy camp, as Cocceius; that is, decamp from me, remove thy troops, the changes and war that are against me, by which I am besieged, surrounded, and straitened; let me be delivered from them:

that I may take comfort a little; that he might have some breathing time, some respite from his troubles, some refreshment to his spirit, some reviving to his fainting soul, some renewing of strength, before he departed this life; see Psalms 39:13; so Aben Ezra and Gersom render it: "that I may be strengthened"; or that his heart might gather strength.

g הלא מעט ימי "nonne parum dies mei?" Montanus, Bolducius, Schmidt; "paucum quid", Vatablus, Beza, Mercerus. h "An non param, vel paucitas dierum meorum cessabit?" Cocceius; "annon pauxillulum dierum meorum deficiet?" Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are not my days few? - My life is short, and hastens to a close. Let not then my afflictions be continued to the last moment of life, but let thine hand be removed, that I may enjoy some rest before I go hence, to return no more. This is an address to God, and the meaning is, that as life was necessarily so short, he asked to be permitted to enjoy some comfort before he should go to the land of darkness and of death; compare the note at Job 7:21. A somewhat similar expression occurs in Psalms 39:13 :

O spare me, that I may recover strength,

Before I go hence, and be no more.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 10:20. Are not my days few? — My life cannot be long; let me have a little respite before I die.