ヨブ記 10:18-21 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 10:14-22

Here we have, I. Job's passionate complaints. On this harsh and unpleasant string he harps much, in which, though he cannot be justified, he may be excused. He complained not for nothing, as the murmuring Israelites, but had cause to complain. If we think it looks ill in him, let it be a warning to us to keep our temper better. 1. He complains of the strictness of God's judgment and the rigour of his proceedings against him, and is ready to call it summum jus?justice bordering on severity.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:18

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb ?.... Into this world; this act is rightly ascribed by Job to the Lord, as it is by David, Psalm 22:9 ; which kind act of God Job complains of, and wishes it had never been, seeing his life was now so miserable and uncomfortable; here he returns to his former complaints, wishes, and expostulations, expressed with so much vehemence and passion in Job 10:3 ; and for which his friends blamed him, and endeavoured to convince him of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:19

I should have been as though I had not been ,.... For though it cannot be said absolutely of such an one, an abortive or untimely birth, that it is a nonentity, or never existed; yet comparatively it is as if it never had a being; it being seen by none or very few, it having had no name, nor any conversation among men; but at once buried, and buried in forgetfulness, as if no such one had ever been; see Ecclesiastes 6:3 . This Job wished for, for so some render it, "oh, that I had been as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:20

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" F7 הלא מעט ימי "nonne parum dies mei?" Montanus, Bolducius, Schmidt; "paucum quid",... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:21

Before I go whence I shall not return ,.... Before he went out of the world, the way of all flesh, to the grave, his long home, from whence there is no return to this world, and to the business and affairs of it; to a man's house, his family and his friends, to converse with them as before, there will be no return until the resurrection, which Job does not here deny, as some have thought; it was a doctrine he well understood, and strongly asserts in Job 19:26 ; but this must be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:18

Wherefore then - Why didst thou give me a being, when thou didst foresee I should be exposed to such incredible hardships? See on Job 3:10 ; (note), etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:19

I should have been as though - Had I given up the ghost as soon as born, as I could not then have been conscious of existence, it would have been, as it respects myself, as though I had never been; being immediately transported from my mother's womb to the grave. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:20

Are not my days few? - My life cannot be long; let me have a little respite before I die. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:21

I shall not return - I shall not return again from the dust to have a dwelling among men. To the land of darkness - See the notes on Job 3:5 . There are here a crowd of obscure and dislocated terms, admirably expressive of the obscurity and uncertainty of the subject. What do we know of the state of separate spirits? What do we know of the spiritual world? How do souls exist separate from their respective bodies? Of what are they capable and what is their employment? Who can answer... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:1-22

Having answered Bildad, Job proceeds to pour out the bitterness of his soul in a pathetic complaint, which he addresses directly to God. There is not much that is novel in the long expostulation, which mainly goes over ground covered in Job 3:1-26 ; Job 6:1-30 ; Job 7:1-21 ; but some new grounds are alleged as pleas for mercy, if not for justice. These are In conclusion, Job begs for a little respite, a little time of comfort (verse 20), before he descends into the darkness of the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 10:14-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:1-22

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