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Job 10:20–21

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Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
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From verse 20

  1. Job 14:1Rank 1 from verse 20
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    1MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

  2. Psalms 39:13Rank 2 from verse 20
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    13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

  3. Job 13:21Rank 3 from verse 20
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    21Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

  4. Job 7:16–21Rank 4 from verse 20
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    16I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

    17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

    18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

    19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

    20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

    21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  5. Job 7:6–7Rank 5 from verse 20
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    6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

    7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

From verse 21

  1. 2 Samuel 12:23Rank 1 from verse 21
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    23But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

  2. Job 16:22Rank 2 from verse 21
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    22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

  3. Job 3:5Rank 3 from verse 21
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    5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

  4. Job 7:8–10Rank 4 from verse 21
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    8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

    9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

    10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

  5. 2 Samuel 14:14Rank 5 from verse 21
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    14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 10:20

COMBINED MEANING

cease

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To stop or leave off, to come to an end, or to cause something to stop or end.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

alone

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1. Without others, company, or help; by oneself. 2. Only or solely. 3. In "let ... alone," to leave undisturbed or refrain from interfering with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

comfort

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Sense 1: Strength, relief, encouragement, or consolation in distress. Sense 2: To strengthen, encourage, or console.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 10:21

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

return

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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shadow

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1. A darkened shape or shade cast by intercepted light. 2. Shelter or protection. 3. A fleeting trace or likeness. 4. A preliminary outline, type, or representation of a fuller reality.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

20Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

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21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

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22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

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