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Old TestamentJob · Chapter 10

Job 10:20

Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 10:20 — by Collins Asein

Quick Summary

Job 10:20 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.

Job 10:20 — NIV

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Cross-References for Job 10:20

Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?

Shares the theme of wishing for death and questioning God's purpose in allowing suffering.

I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.

Similar expression of weariness with life and desire for release.

You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.

Reflects on the brevity and futility of life.

Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

Mirrors the sentiment of life being short and filled with sorrow.

And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.

Expresses a similar sentiment that death might be preferable to a life of suffering.

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Collins Asein — Christian Author & Founder of PrayerKey