Job Bemoans His Condition

101 "I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

Other Translations of Job 10:1

King James Version

Job Bemoans His Condition

101 My soul is weary weary...: or, cut off while I live of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

English Standard Version

Job Bemoans His Condition

101 "I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

The Message

Job Bemoans His Condition

101 I can't stand my life - I hate it! -I'm putting it all out on the table, all the bitterness of my life - I'm holding back nothing."

New King James Version

Job Bemoans His Condition

101 "My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

New Living Translation

Job Bemoans His Condition

101 "I am disgusted with my life. Let me complain freely. My bitter soul must complain.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 10:1

Commentary on Job 10:1-7

(Read Job 10:1-7)

Job, being weary of his life, resolves to complain, but he will not charge God with unrighteousness. Here is a prayer that he might be delivered from the sting of his afflictions, which is sin. When God afflicts us, he contends with us; when he contends with us, there is always a reason; and it is desirable to know the reason, that we may repent of and forsake the sin for which God has a controversy with us. But when, like Job, we speak in the bitterness of our souls, we increase guilt and vexation. Let us harbour no hard thoughts of God; we shall hereafter see there was no cause for them. Job is sure that God does not discover things, nor judge of them, as men do; therefore he thinks it strange that God continues him under affliction, as if he must take time to inquire into his sin.