Jób 10:1

Biblia Karoli Gaspar

Lelkembõl útálom az életemet, megeresztem felõle panaszomat; szólok az én lelkem keserûségében.

Bible Verse Review
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My soul: Job 3:20-23, Job 6:8, Job 6:9, Job 5:15, Job 5:16, Job 5:20, Job 9:21, Job 14:13, Numbers 11:15, 1 Kings 19:4, Jonah 4:3, Jonah 4:8

is weary of my life: or, cut off while I live

I will leave: Job 7:11, Job 19:4, Job 21:2-4

I will speak: Job 10:15, Job 10:16, Job 6:2-4, Job 6:26, Job 7:11, Job 16:6-16, Psalms 32:3-5, Isaiah 38:15, Isaiah 38:17

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:10 - in bitterness of soul 1 Samuel 1:16 - out of 2 Kings 4:27 - vexed Job 3:10 - hid Job 7:16 - I loathe it Job 13:13 - let me Job 16:7 - he hath Job 21:4 - is my complaint Job 21:25 - in the bitterness Job 23:2 - my complaint Psalms 6:6 - I am Psalms 102:4 - heart Proverbs 14:10 - heart Ecclesiastes 7:14 - but Jeremiah 4:31 - for my

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My soul is weary of my life,.... And yet nothing of a temporal blessing is more desirable than life; every man, generally speaking, is desirous of life, and of a long life too; soul and body are near and intimate companions, and are usually loath to part; but Job was weary of his life, willing to part with it, and longed to be rid of it; he "loathed" it, and so it may be here rendered x, he would not live always, Job 7:15; his "soul" was uneasy to dwell any longer in the earthly tabernacle of his body, it being so full of pains and sores; for this weariness was not through the guilt of sin pressing him sore, or through the horror of conscience arising from it, so that he could not bear to live, as Cain and Judas; nor through indwelling sin being a burden to him, and a longing desire to be rid of it, and to be perfectly holy, to be with Christ in heaven, as the Apostle Paul, and other saints, at certain times; or through uneasiness at the sins of others, as Isaac and Rebekah, Lot, David, Isaiah, and others; nor on the account of the temptations of Satan, his fiery darts, his buffetings and siftings, which are very distressing; but on account of his outward afflictions, which were so very hard and pressing, and the apprehension he had of the anger and wrath of God, he treating him, as he thought, very severely, and as his enemy, together with the ill usage of his friends. The Targum renders it,

"my soul is cut off in my life;''

or I am dying while I live; I live a dying life, being in such pain of body, and distress of mind; and so other versions y:

I will leave my complaint upon myself: not that he would leave complaining, or lay it aside, though some z render it to this sense; rather give a loose to it, and indulge it, than attempt to ease himself, and give vent to his grief and sorrow by it; but it should be "upon himself", a burden he would take upon himself, and not trouble others with it; he would not burden their ears with his complaints, but privately and secretly utter them to himself; for the word a used signifies "meditation", private discourse with himself, a secret and inward "bemoaning" of his case; but he did not continue long in this mind, as appears by the following clause: or since I can do no other but complain; if there is any blame in it, I will take it wholly upon myself; complain I must, let what will be the consequence of it; see

Job 13:13; though the phrase may be rendered, as it is sometimes, "within myself", see Hosea 11:8; b; and then the sense may be, shall I leave my inward moan within myself, and no longer contain? I will give myself vent; and though I have been blamed for saying so much as I have, I will say yet more:

I will speak in the bitterness of my soul: as one whose life is made bitter, against whom God had wrote and said bitter things, and had brought bitter afflictions upon him, which had occasioned bitter complaints in him, as well as he had been bitterly used by his friends; and amidst all this bitterness he is determined to speak out his mind freely and fully; or to speak "of the bitterness" c of his soul, and declare, by words, what he in his mind and body endured.

x נקטה נפשי בחיי "fastidit anima mea vitam meam", Beza, Junius Tremellius, Piscator. y "Excisa est anima mea in vita mea", Pagninus, Vatablus so Ben Gersom & Ben Melech. z So Junius & Tremellius. a שיחי "meditationem meam", Schindler, col. 1823. "my sighing", Broughton. b עלי "intra me". Vid. Noldium, p. 701. c במר "in vel de a maritudine", Mercerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My soul is weary of my life - compare the note at Job 7:16. The margin here is, Or,” cut off while I live.” The meaning in the margin is in accordance with the interpretation of Schultens. The Chaldee also renders it in a similar way: אתגזרת נפשי - my soul is cut off. But the more correct interpretation is that in our common version; and the sense is, that his soul, that is, that he himself was disgusted with life. It was a weary burden, and he wished to die.

I will leave my complaint upon myself - Noyes, “I will give myself up to complaint.” Dr. Good, “I will let loose from myself my dark thoughts.” The literal sense is, “I will leave complaint upon myself;” that is, I will give way to it; I will not restrain it; compare Job 7:11.

I will speak in the bitterness of my soul - See the notes, Job 7:11.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER X

Job is weary of life, and expostulates with God, 1-6.

He appeals to God for his innocence; and pleads on the weakness

of his frame, and the manner of his formation, 7-13.

Complains of his sufferings, and prays for respite, 14-20.

Describes the state of the dead, 21, 22.

NOTES ON CHAP. X

Verse Job 10:1. My soul is weary of my life — Here is a proof that נפש nephesh does not signify the animal life, but the soul or immortal mind, as distinguished from חי chai, that animal life; and is a strong proof that Job believed in the distinction between these two principles; was no materialist; but, on the contrary, credited the proper immortality of the soul. This is worthy of observation. See Job 12:10.

I will leave my complaint — I still charge myself with the cause of my own calamities; and shall not charge my Maker foolishly: but I must deplore my wretched and forlorn state.