Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly? Suffer me, therefore, that I may lament my sorrow a little: my days few Job 7:6,7,16 My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope. . . . Job 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow) Job 9:25,26 My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good. . . . Job 14:1 Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries. Psalm 39:5 Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living. Psalm 103:15,16 Man's days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish. . . . cease Job 7:17-21 What is a man, that thou shouldst magnify him or why dost thou set thy heart upon him? . . . Job 13:21 Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me. Psalm 39:13 O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more. Context Job's Plea to God…19I should have been as if I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave. 20Shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly? Suffer me, therefore, that I may lament my sorrow a little:21Before I go and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death:… Cross References Job 7:16 I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing. Job 7:19 How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle? Job 9:18 He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness. Job 10:19 I should have been as if I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave. Job 14:1 Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries. Psalm 39:13 O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more. Lexicon Are my daysיָמַ֣י (yā·may) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day not הֲלֹא־ (hă·lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no few? מְעַ֣ט (mə·‘aṭ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few Withdraw וַחֲדָ֑ל (wa·ḥă·ḏāl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle from me, מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of that I may have a little comfort, וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה (wə·’aḇ·lî·ḡāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1082: To break off, loose, desist, invade Additional Translations Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little, Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little, Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Aren't my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort, Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little, Jump to Previous Almost Alone Brighten Cease Cheer Comfort Eyes Few Find Joy Leave Pleasure Revive Small Turn Turned WithdrawJump to Next Almost Alone Brighten Cease Cheer Comfort Eyes Few Find Joy Leave Pleasure Revive Small Turn Turned WithdrawExternal Links Job 10:20 NIVJob 10:20 NLT Job 10:20 ESV Job 10:20 NASB Job 10:20 ASV Job 10:20 Bible Apps Job 10:20 Biblia Paralela Job 10:20 Chinese Bible Job 10:20 French Bible Job 10:20 German Bible Alphabetical: a almost alone Are away can cheer days few from have He I joy let little may me moment's my not over so that Turn Withdraw Would OT Poetry: Job 10:20 Aren't my days few? Cease then (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |