Job 6:10 Meaning and Explanation
“Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.”
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Read Full Chapter →Job finds one comfort even in longing for death: that he has never denied or hidden the words of the Holy One.
What Does Job 6:10 Mean?
Job imagines that death might at least bring relief, and he braces himself against the pain without flinching. His one consolation is his integrity: he has not concealed or denied the words of the Holy One.
Here is the quiet bedrock beneath Job's grief. Stripped of everything, he still clings to faithfulness; he has kept God's words even when keeping them cost him everything. Such steadfast loyalty foreshadows the obedience Christ would perfect, and it assures the suffering believer that faithfulness held in the dark is precious in God's sight.
Job 6:10 in the Original Language
qadosh (קָדוֹשׁ), 'Holy One' -- the utterly pure and set-apart God, here named with reverence.
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What does Job 6:10 mean?
Job finds one comfort even in longing for death: that he has never denied or hidden the words of the Holy One.