Job 10:20 Meaning and Explanation
“Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,”
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Read Full Chapter →Job pleads that since his life is so short, God would relent and grant him a little comfort before the end.
What Does Job 10:20 Mean?
Job's desperate prayer softens into a plea for mercy. His days are few; he asks God simply to turn away the pressure and let him alone, that he might find a moment's comfort before death. It is the cry of a man with no strength left, begging for brief relief.
There is a strange faith even in asking God to relent -- it is still God to whom Job turns for rest. The Lord does give comfort to the weary, though often not in the form first asked. To Him who said 'Come unto me, all ye that labour,' Job's longing for a little ease is not despised but answered, in this life or the next, with rest that does not run out.
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What does Job 10:20 mean?
Job pleads that since his life is so short, God would relent and grant him a little comfort before the end.