Job 10
10
1“I hate my life,
so I will complain without holding back;
I will speak because I am so unhappy.
2I will say to God: Do not hold me guilty,
but tell me what you have against me.
3Does it make you happy to trouble me?
Don’t you care about me, the work of your hands?
Are you happy with the plans of evil people?
4Do you have human eyes
that see as we see?
5Are your days like the days of humans,
and your years like our years?
6You look for the evil I have done
and search for my sin.
7You know I am not guilty,
but no one can save me from your power.
8“Your hands shaped and made me.
Do you now turn around and destroy me?
9Remember that you molded me like a piece of clay.
Will you now turn me back into dust?
10You formed me inside my mother
like cheese formed from milk.
11You dressed me with skin and flesh;
you sewed me together with bones and muscles.
12You gave me life and showed me kindness,
and in your care you watched over my life.
13“But in your heart you hid other plans.
I know this was in your mind.
14If I sinned, you would watch me
and would not let my sin go unpunished.
15How terrible it will be for me if I am guilty!
Even if I am right, I cannot lift my head.
I am full of shame
and experience only pain.
16If I hold up my head, you hunt me like a lion
and again show your terrible power against me.
17You bring new witnesses against me
and increase your anger against me.
Your armies come against me.
18“So why did you allow me to be born?
I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
19I wish I had never lived,
but had been carried straight from birth to the grave.
20The few days of my life are almost over.
Leave me alone so I can have a moment of joy.
21Soon I will leave; I will not return
from the land of darkness and gloom,
22the land of darkest night,
from the land of gloom and confusion,
where even the light is darkness.”
Currently Selected:
Job 10: NCV
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
The Holy Bible, New Century Version, Copyright © 2005 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Job 10
10
1“I hate my own life, so I will complain freely.
I am very bitter, so now I will speak.
2I will say to God, ‘Don’t just say I am guilty!
Tell me what you have against me.
3Do you enjoy hurting me?
Do you enjoy ignoring me while smiling at what evil people say?
4Do you have human eyes?
Do you see things the way people do?
5Is your life as short as ours?
Is your life as short as a man’s life?
6You look for my wrong
and search for my sin.
7You know I am innocent,
but no one can save me from your power!
8Your hands made me and shaped my body.
But now they are closing around me and squeezing me to death!
9Remember, you molded me like clay.
Will you turn me into clay again?
10You poured me out like milk.
You spun me around and squeezed me like someone making cheese.
11You put me together with bones and muscles,
and then you clothed me with skin and flesh.
12You gave me life and were very kind to me.
You cared for me and watched over my spirit.
13But this is what you hid in your heart.
Now I know what you were planning for me.
14If I sinned, you would be watching me
so that you could punish me for doing wrong.
15If I sin, I am guilty
and should be cursed.
But even when I am innocent,
I cannot lift up my head.
I am so ashamed
because of all the troubles I have.
16If I have any success and feel proud,
you hunt me down like a lion
and show your power over me.
17You bring witness after witness
to prove that I am wrong.
Again and again you show your anger
as you send army after army against me.
18So why did you let me be born?
I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
19I wish I had never lived.
I wish they had carried me from my mother’s womb straight to the grave.
20My life is almost finished.
So leave me alone!
Let me enjoy the little time I have left.
21I am going soon to the land of no return,
the place of death and darkness—
22that land of darkest night, of shadows and confusion,
where even the light is darkness.’”
Currently Selected:
:
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
© 1987, 2004 Bible League International