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Job 10

Job 10:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
is βweary
naqat (Hebrew #5354)
to loathe
KJV usage: weary.
Pronounce: naw-kat'
Origin: a primitive root
of my life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
; I will leave
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
my complaint
siyach (Hebrew #7879)
a contemplation; by implication, an utterance
KJV usage: babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.
Pronounce: see'-akh
Origin: from 7878
upon myself; I will speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
in the bitterness
mar (Hebrew #4751)
from 4843; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
KJV usage: + angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, X great, heavy.
Pronounce: mar
Origin: or (feminine) marah {maw-raw'}
of my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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or, cut off while I live.

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Life,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-17:  Job, taking liberty of complaint, expostulates with God about his afflictions.
18-22:  He complains of life, and craves a little ease before death.
My soul.
Job 3:20‑23• 20Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,
 21Who long for death, and it cometh not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
 22Who rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave?--
 23To the man whose way is hidden, and whom +God hath hedged in? (Job 3:20‑23)
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Job 6:8‑9• 8Oh that I might have my request, and that +God would grant my desire!
 9And that it would please +God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! (Job 6:8‑9)
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Job 5:15‑16,20• 15And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
 16So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
 20In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword. (Job 5:15‑16,20)
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Job 9:21• 21Were I perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. (Job 9:21)
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Job 14:13• 13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me,-- (Job 14:13)
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Num. 11:15• 15And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness. (Num. 11:15)
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1 Kings 19:4• 4And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers. (1 Kings 19:4)
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Jonah 4:3,8• 3And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
 8And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, so that he fainted; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. (Jonah 4:3,8)
is weary of my life.
or, cut off while I live.
I willleave.
Job 7:11• 11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. (Job 7:11)
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Job 19:4• 4And be it that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. (Job 19:4)
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Job 21:2‑4• 2Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.
 3Suffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on!
 4As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient? (Job 21:2‑4)
I will speak.
Job 10:15‑16• 15If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being so full of shame, and beholding mine affliction;--
 16And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me. (Job 10:15‑16)
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Job 6:2‑4,26• 2Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
 3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me.
 26Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind. (Job 6:2‑4,26)
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Job 7:11• 11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. (Job 7:11)
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Job 16:6‑16• 6If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?
 7But now he hath made me weary; … thou hast made desolate all my family;
 8Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.
 9His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; as mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.
 10They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.
 11*God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.
 12I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
 13His arrows encompass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
 14He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a mighty man.
 15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.
 16My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; (Job 16:6‑16)
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Psa. 32:3‑5• 3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.
 4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
 5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I covered not; I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah, and *thou* forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. (Psa. 32:3‑5)
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Isa. 38:15,17• 15What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it. I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
 17Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. (Isa. 38:15,17)
• The complaint against God (ch. 10:1-17). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• (Chap. 10) he lets himself loose in the dark despair which has settled down upon his soul. He is weary of life, and might as well pour out all his thoughts against God. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.