Job 10
Overview
10:1 Job, taking liberty of complaint, expostulates with God about his afflictions;
10:18 He complains of life, and craves a little ease before death. Verse 1My soulJob 3:20-23, 6:8, 6:9, 5:15, 5:16, 5:20, 9:21, 14:13; Numbers 11:15; 1 Kings 19:4; Jonah 4:3, 4:8 is weary of my lifeor, cut off while I liveI will leaveJob 7:11, 19:4, 21:2-4 I will speak10:15, 10:16, 6:2-4, 6:26, 7:11, 16:6-16; Psalm 32:3-5; Isaiah 38:15, 38:17Reciprocal1 Samuel 1:10 - in bitterness of soul; 1:16 - out of; 2 Kings 4:27 - vexed; Job 3:10 - hid; 7:16 - I loathe it; 13:13 - let me; 16:7 - he hath; 21:4 - is my complaint; 21:25 - in the bitterness; 23:2 - my complaint; Psalm 6:6 - I am; 102:4 - heart; Proverbs 14:10 - heart; Ecclesiastes 7:14 - but; Jeremiah 4:31 - for my Verse 2Do notPsalm 6:1-4, 25:7, 38:1-8, 109:21, 143:2; Romans 8:1 show meJob 8:5, 8:6, 34:31, 34:32; Psalm 139:23, 139:24; Lamentations 3:40-42, 5:16, 5:17; 1 Corinthians 11:31, 11:32ReciprocalNumbers 11:11 - wherefore have; 1 Samuel 1:16 - out of; 6:3 - known; 2 Samuel 21:1 - of the Lord; Job 6:24 - cause me; 9:3 - he will contend; 9:15 - I would; 13:24 - hidest thou; 21:4 - is my complaint; 23:5 - know; 31:14 - What then; 32:1 - righteous; 36:9 - he; Psalm 77:6 - and; Ecclesiastes 7:14 - but; Jeremiah 8:6 - saying; Jonah 1:7 - for; Micah 6:9 - hear; Haggai 1:9 - Why Verse 3Is it goodJob 34:5-7, 34:18, 34:19, 36:7-9, 36:17, 36:18, 40:2, 40:8; Lamentations 3:2-18 despisePsalm 69:33 the workHeb. the labour, Job 14:15, 34:19; Psalm 138:8; Isaiah 64:8; 1 Peter 4:19 shine uponJob 8:20; Jeremiah 12:1-3ReciprocalJob 8:3 - God; 10:8 - yet thou; 15:13 - and lettest; 19:7 - I cry; 27:2 - taken; 32:2 - because; 36:5 - despiseth; Psalm 1:1 - counsel; 73:14 - For all; 80:1 - shine Verse 4seest thouJob 9:32; 1 Samuel 16:7; Luke 16:15; Revelation 1:14

Verse 5Psalm 90:2-4, 102:12, 102:24-27; Habakkuk 1:12; 2 Peter 3:8

Verse 6Job 10:14-17; Psalm 10:15, 44:21; Jeremiah 2:34; Zephaniah 1:12; John 2:24, 2:25; 1 Corinthians 4:5ReciprocalJob 13:27 - and lookest; 14:16 - thou numberest Verse 7Thou knowestHeb. It is upon thy knowledge, Job 23:10, 31:6, 31:14, 31:35, 42:7; Psalm 1:6, 7:3, 7:8, 7:9, 17:3, 26:1-5; 139:1, 139:2, 139:21-24; John 21:17; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:10 and thereJob 23:13, 23:14; Deuteronomy 32:39; Psalm 50:22; Daniel 3:15; Hosea 2:10; John 10:28-30ReciprocalJoshua 22:22 - he knoweth; Job 5:4 - neither; 9:29 - General; 10:15 - If I be wicked; 11:4 - For thou; 13:15 - but I will; 32:1 - righteous; 33:9 - clean; 34:5 - I; 35:2 - My; Psalm 7:2 - while; Jeremiah 15:15 - thou; Lamentations 5:8 - there; Daniel 8:4 - neither; Hosea 5:14 - none Verse 8handsPsalm 119:73; Isaiah 43:7 have made meHeb. took pains about meyet thouJob 10:3; Genesis 6:6, 6:7; Jeremiah 18:3-10ReciprocalDeuteronomy 32:6 - made thee; Job 14:15 - thou wilt have; 31:15 - did not one fashion us in the womb; Psalm 100:3 - it is he; 138:8 - forsake; Isaiah 64:8 - all are Verse 9RememberJob 7:7; Psalm 25:6, 25:7, 25:18, 89:47, 106:4 thou hastGenesis 2:7, 3:19; Isaiah 45:9, 64:8; Jeremiah 18:6 into dust againJob 17:14; Psalm 22:15, 90:3; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Romans 9:21ReciprocalJob 4:19 - dwell; 33:6 - I also; Psalm 31:7 - for; 103:14 - we are dust; 139:13 - For thou; 139:15 - when I; Ecclesiastes 3:20 - all are; Lamentations 5:1 - Remember Verse 10pouredPsalm 139:14-16Reciprocal1 Samuel 17:18 - cheeses; Ecclesiastes 3:20 - all are; Ephesians 4:16 - fitly Verse 11clothed2 Corinthians 5:2, 5:3 fencedHeb. hedged, Job 40:17, 40:18; Ezekiel 37:4-8; Ephesians 4:16

Verse 12life and favourGenesis 19:19; Matthew 6:25; Acts 17:25, 17:28ReciprocalJob 33:4 - General; Psalm 30:7 - by thy Verse 13hidJob 23:9; Ecclesiastes 8:6, 8:7; Isaiah 45:15; Romans 11:33 I knowJob 23:13; Deuteronomy 32:39; Isaiah 45:7, 46:9-11; Lamentations 3:37; Ephesians 3:11

Verse 14thenJob 13:26, 13:27, 14:16; Psalm 130:3, 139:1 thou wiltJob 7:21; Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18ReciprocalJob 9:29 - General; 10:6 - General; 30:21 - become cruel; 40:2 - he that reproveth; Nahum 1:3 - and will; Philippians 3:9 - not Verse 15If I be wickedJob 10:7, 9:29, 27:7; Psalm 9:17; Isaiah 3:11, 6:5; Malachi 3:18; Romans 2:8, 2:9 righteousJob 9:12, 9:15, 9:20, 9:21; Isaiah 64:5, 64:6; Luke 17:10 I am fullJob 21:6, 23:15 seeExodus 3:7; Psalm 25:18, 119:153; Lamentations 1:20, 5:1-22ReciprocalJob 7:11 - the bitterness; 10:1 - I will speak; 11:15 - lift up; 19:7 - I cry; 33:10 - he findeth; 35:3 - what advantage; Psalm 13:2 - take; Proverbs 18:14 - but; Philippians 3:9 - not Verse 16Thou huntestIsaiah 38:13; Lamentations 3:10; Hosea 13:7, 13:8; Amos 3:8 marvellousNumbers 16:29, 16:30; Deuteronomy 28:59Reciprocal1 Samuel 24:11 - thou huntest; Job 10:1 - I will speak; 16:9 - teareth me; 19:22 - persecute; 30:15 - Terrors; Psalm 88:7 - Thy wrath; Lamentations 4:18 - hunt; Ezekiel 17:20 - I will spread; Hosea 5:14 - as a lion Verse 17witnessesthat is, plagues, Job 16:8; Ruth 1:21 changesI am as if attacked by successive troops; if one company be wearied, another succeeds to the attack. Psalm 55:19; Jeremiah 48:11; Zephaniah 1:12 warJob 16:11-16, 19:6-11ReciprocalExodus 11:1 - Yet will; Job 16:9 - teareth me; Psalm 42:7 - Deep calleth; 73:14 - For all; Isaiah 38:13 - as a lion Verse 18hast thouJob 3:10, 3:11; Jeremiah 15:10, 20:14-18; Matthew 26:24 given upJob 11:20, 14:10Reciprocal3:3 - Let the day; Ecclesiastes 4:3 - better; Jeremiah 20:17 - he slew Verse 19Psalm 58:8ReciprocalJob 3:3 - Let the day; 3:10 - it shut not; Ecclesiastes 4:3 - better; Jeremiah 20:17 - he slew Verse 20my days fewJob 7:6, 7:7, 7:16, 8:9, 9:25, 9:26, 14:1; Psalm 39:5, 103:15, 103:16 ceaseJob 7:17-21, 13:21; Psalm 39:13ReciprocalJob 6:11 - What; 14:6 - Turn Verse 21I go whenceJob 7:8-10, 14:10-14; 2 Samuel 12:23, 14:14; Isaiah 38:11 the landJob 3:5; Psalm 88:6, 88:11, 88:12 the shadowJob 3:5; Psalm 23:4; Jeremiah 2:6ReciprocalJob 7:7 - no more see; 7:9 - he; 14:12 - So man; 15:30 - depart; 17:13 - the grave; 28:3 - the stones; Psalm 39:13 - spare; 44:19 - with the; 107:14 - brought; Isaiah 9:2 - in the land; Amos 5:20 - darkness Verse 22the shadow of deathWhere death projects his shadow, intercepting the light of life: without any order, having no arrangement, no distinction of inhabitants; the poor and the rich are there, the king and the beggar, their bodies in equal corruption and disgrace: where the light is as darkness, a palpable obscure, space and place, with only such a light or capability of distinction, as renders "darkness visible." Job 3:5, 34:22, 38:17; Psalm 23:4, 44:19, 88:12; Jeremiah 2:6, 13:16; Luke 16:26ReciprocalJob 7:7 - no more see; 14:12 - So man; 15:30 - depart; 17:13 - the grave; 18:18 - He shall be driven; 28:3 - the stones; Psalm 107:14 - brought; Ecclesiastes 11:8 - yet; Amos 5:20 - darkness; Matthew 4:16 - shadow; Luke 1:79 - and