Job 10:20
Strong's Lexicon
Are my days
יָמַ֣י (yā·may)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

not
הֲלֹא־ (hă·lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

few ?
מְעַ֣ט (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4592: 1) littleness, few, a little, fewness 1a) little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little 1b) like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth

Withdraw
(וַחֲדָ֑ל) (wa·ḥă·ḏāl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2308: 1) to stop, cease, desist, forego, cease to be, leave undone, forbear 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cease, come to an end 1a2) to cease, leave off

(וְשִׁ֥ית) (wə·šîṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7896: 1) to put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, lay (hand upon) 1a2) to set, station, appoint, fix, set mind to 1a3) to constitute, make (one something), make like, perform 1a4) to take one's stand 1a5) to lay waste 1b) (Hophal) to be imposed, be set upon

from me,
מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי (mim·men·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

that I may have a little comfort
וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה (wə·’aḇ·lî·ḡāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1082: 1) to gleam, smile 1a) (Hiphil) only 1a1) to show a smile, look pleasant 1a2) to cause to burst

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,

Young's Literal Translation
Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Are my days not  few ? Stop it!  Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little

New American Standard Bible
"Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

King James Bible
[Are] not my days few? cease {08675;02308:08799} [then, and] let me alone {08675;07896:08799}, that I may take comfort a little,
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy

New Living Translation
I have only a few days left, so leave me alone, that I may have a moment of comfort

English Standard Version
Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer

New American Standard Bible
"Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Are my days not few? Stop it! Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little

International Standard Version
My days are so few, aren't they? So leave me alone, then, so I can smile a little

NET Bible
Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

American Standard Version
Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

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

Young's Literal Translation
Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,
















Cross References
Job 7:16
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

Job 7:19
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Job 9:18
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

Job 10:19
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

Job 14:1
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Psalm 39:13
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 10:18
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

Job 10:17
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

Job 10:21
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Job 10:22
A 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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