Introduction
Overview
Job 10 . 1 , Job , taking liberty of complaint , expostulates with God about his afflictions; Job 10 . 18 , He complains of life , and craves a little ease before death.
My soul . Job 3 . 20-23 , Job 6 . 8 , Job 6 . 9 , Job 5 . 15 , Job 5 . 16 , Job 5 . 20 , Job 9 . 21 , Job 14 . 13 , Numbers 11 . 15 , 1 Kings 19 . 4 , Jonah 4 . 3 , Jonah 4 . 8
is weary of my life . or , cut off while I live
I will leave . Job 7 . 11 , Job 19 . 4 , Job 21 . 2-4
I will speak . Job 10 . 15 , Job 10 . 16 , Job 6 . 2-4 , Job 6 . 26 , Job 7 . 11 , Job 16 . 6-16 , Psalm 32 . 3-5 , Isaiah 38 . 15 , Isaiah 38 . 17
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 1 . 10 . in bitterness of soul 1 Samuel 1 . 16 . out of 2 Kings 4 . 27 . vexed Job 3 . 10 . hid Job 7 . 16 . I loathe it Job 13 . 13 . let me Job 16 . 7 . he hath Job 21 . 4 . is my complaint Job 21 . 25 . in the bitterness Job 23 . 2 . my complaint Psalm 6 . 6 . I am Psalm 102 . 4 . heart Proverbs 14 . 10 . heart Ecclesiastes 7 . 14 . but Jeremiah 4 . 31 . for my
Do not . Psalm 6 . 1-4 , Psalm 25 . 7 , Psalm 38 . 1-8 , Psalm 109 . 21 , Psalm 143 . 2 , Romans 8 . 1
show me . Job 8 . 5 , Job 8 . 6 , Job 34 . 31 , Job 34 . 32 , Psalm 139 . 23 , Psalm 139 . 24 , Lamentations 3 . 40-42 , Lamentations 5 . 16 , Lamentations 5 . 17 , 1 Corinthians 11 . 31 , 1 Corinthians 11 . 32
Reciprocal . Numbers 11 . 11 . wherefore have 1 Samuel 1 . 16 . out of 1 Samuel 6 . 3 . known 2 Samuel 21 . 1 . of the Lord Job 6 . 24 . cause me Job 9 . 3 . he will contend Job 9 . 15 . I would Job 13 . 24 . hidest thou Job 21 . 4 . is my complaint Job 23 . 5 . know Job 31 . 14 . What then Job 32 . 1 . righteous Job 36 . 9 . he Psalm 77 . 6 . and Ecclesiastes 7 . 14 . but Jeremiah 8 . 6 . saying Jonah 1 . 7 . for Micah 6 . 9 . hear Haggai 1 . 9 . Why
Is it good . Job 34 . 5-7 , Job 34 . 18 , Job 34 . 19 , Job 36 . 7-9 , Job 36 . 17 , Job 36 . 18 , Job 40 . 2 , Job 40 . 8 , Lamentations 3 . 2-18
despise . Psalm 69 . 33
the work . Heb. the labour , Job 14 . 15 , Job 34 . 19 , Psalm 138 . 8 , Isaiah 64 . 8 , 1 Peter 4 . 19
shine upon . Job 8 . 20 , Jeremiah 12 . 1-3
Reciprocal . Job 8 . 3 . God Job 10 . 8 . yet thou Job 15 . 13 . and lettest Job 19 . 7 . I cry Job 27 . 2 . taken Job 32 . 2 . because Job 36 . 5 . despiseth Psalm 1 . 1 . counsel Psalm 73 . 14 . For all Psalm 80 . 1 . shine
seest thou . Job 9 . 32 , 1 Samuel 16 . 7 , Luke 16 . 15 , Revelation 1 . 14
Psalm 90 . 2-4 , Psalm 102 . 12 , Psalm 102 . 24-27 , Hebrews 1 . 12 , 2 Peter 3 . 8
Job 10 . 14-17 , Psalm 10 . 15 , Psalm 44 . 21 , Jeremiah 2 . 34 , Zephaniah 1 . 12 , John 2 . 24 , John 2 . 25 , 1 Corinthians 4 . 5
Reciprocal . Job 13 . 27 . and lookest Job 14 . 16 . thou numberest
Thou knowest . Heb. It is upon thy knowledge , Job 23 . 10 , Job 31 . 6 , Job 31 . 14 , Job 31 . 35 , Job 42 . 7 , Psalm 1 . 6 , Psalm 7 . 3 , Psalm 7 . 8 , Psalm 7 . 9 , Psalm 17 . 3 , Psalm 26 . 1-5 , Psalm 139 . 1 , Psalm 139 . 2 , Psalm 139 . 21-24 , John 21 . 17 , 2 Corinthians 1 . 12 , 1 Thessalonians 2 . 10
and there . Job 23 . 13 , Job 23 . 14 , Deuteronomy 32 . 39 , Psalm 50 . 22 , Daniel 3 . 15 , Hosea 2 . 10 , John 10 . 28-30
Reciprocal . Joshua 22 . 22 . he knoweth Job 5 . 4 . neither Job 9 . 29 . General Job 10 . 15 . If I be wicked Job 11 . 4 . For thou Job 13 . 15 . but I will Job 32 . 1 . righteous Job 33 . 9 . clean Job 34 . 5 . I Job 35 . 2 . My Psalm 7 . 2 . while Jeremiah 15 . 15 . thou Lamentations 5 . 8 . there Daniel 8 . 4 . neither Hosea 5 . 14 . none
hands . Psalm 119 . 73 , Isaiah 43 . 7
have made me . Heb. took pains about me
yet thou . Job 10 . 3 , Genesis 6 . 6 , Genesis 6 . 7 , Jeremiah 18 . 3-10
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 32 . 6 . made thee Job 14 . 15 . thou wilt have Job 31 . 15 . did not one fashion us in the womb Psalm 100 . 3 . it is he Psalm 138 . 8 . forsake Isaiah 64 . 8 . all are
Remember . Job 7 . 7 , Psalm 25 . 6 , Psalm 25 . 7 , Psalm 25 . 18 , Psalm 89 . 47 , Psalm 106 . 4
thou hast . Genesis 2 . 7 , Genesis 3 . 19 , Isaiah 45 . 9 , Isaiah 64 . 8 , Jeremiah 18 . 6
into dust again . Job 17 . 14 , Psalm 22 . 15 , Psalm 90 . 3 , Ecclesiastes 12 . 7 , Romans 9 . 21
Reciprocal . Job 4 . 19 . dwell Job 33 . 6 . I also Psalm 31 . 7 . for Psalm 103 . 14 . we are dust Psalm 139 . 13 . For thou Psalm 139 . 15 . when I Ecclesiastes 3 . 20 . all are Lamentations 5 . 1 . Remember
poured . Psalm 139 . 14-16
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 17 . 18 . cheeses Ecclesiastes 3 . 20 . all are Ephesians 4 . 16 . fitly
clothed . 2 Corinthians 5 . 2 , 2 Corinthians 5 . 3
fenced . Heb. hedged , Job 40 . 17 , Job 40 . 18 , Ezekiel 37 . 4-8 , Ephesians 4 . 16
life and favour . Genesis 19 . 19 , Matthew 6 . 25 , Acts 17 . 25 , Acts 17 . 28
Reciprocal . Job 33 . 4 . General Psalm 30 . 7 . by thy
hid . Job 23 . 9 , Ecclesiastes 8 . 6 , Ecclesiastes 8 . 7 , Isaiah 45 . 15 , Romans 11 . 33
I know . Job 23 . 13 , Deuteronomy 32 . 39 , Isaiah 45 . 7 , Isaiah 46 . 9-11 , Lamentations 3 . 37 , Ephesians 3 . 11
then . Job 13 . 26 , Job 13 . 27 , Job 14 . 16 , Psalm 130 . 3 , Psalm 139 . 1
thou wilt . Job 7 . 21 , Exodus 34 . 7 , Numbers 14 . 18
Reciprocal . Job 9 . 29 . General Job 10 . 6 . General Job 30 . 21 . become cruel Job 40 . 2 . he that reproveth Nahum 1 . 3 . and will Philippians 3 . 9 . not
If I be wicked . Job 10 . 7 , Job 9 . 29 , Job 27 . 7 , Psalm 9 . 17 , Isaiah 3 . 11 , Isaiah 6 . 5 , Malachi 3 . 18 , Romans 2 . 8 , Romans 2 . 9
righteous . Job 9 . 12 , Job 9 . 15 , Job 9 . 20 , Job 9 . 21 , Isaiah 64 . 5 , Isaiah 64 . 6 , Luke 17 . 10
I am full . Job 21 . 6 , Job 23 . 15
see . Exodus 3 . 7 , Psalm 25 . 18 , Psalm 119 . 153 , Lamentations 1 . 20 , Lamentations 5 . 1-22
Reciprocal . Job 7 . 11 . the bitterness Job 10 . 1 . I will speak Job 11 . 15 . lift up Job 19 . 7 . I cry Job 33 . 10 . he findeth Job 35 . 3 . what advantage Psalm 13 . 2 . take Proverbs 18 . 14 . but Philippians 3 . 9 . not
Thou huntest . Isaiah 38 . 13 , Lamentations 3 . 10 , Hosea 13 . 7 , Hosea 13 . 8 , Amos 3 . 8
marvellous . Numbers 16 . 29 , Numbers 16 . 30 , Deuteronomy 28 . 59
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 24 . 11 . thou huntest Job 10 . 1 . I will speak Job 16 . 9 . teareth me Job 19 . 22 . persecute Job 30 . 15 . Terrors Psalm 88 . 7 . Thy wrath Lamentations 4 . 18 . hunt Ezekiel 17 . 20 . I will spread Hosea 5 . 14 . as a lion
witnesses . that is , plagues , Job 16 . 8 , Ruth 1 . 21
changes . I am as if attacked by successive troops; if one company be wearied , another succeeds to the attack. Psalm 55 . 19 , Jeremiah 48 . 11 , Zephaniah 1 . 12
war . Job 16 . 11-16 , Job 19 . 6-11
Reciprocal . Exodus 11 . 1 . Yet will Job 16 . 9 . teareth me Psalm 42 . 7 . Deep calleth Psalm 73 . 14 . For all Isaiah 38 . 13 . as a lion
hast thou . Job 3 . 10 , Job 3 . 11 , Jeremiah 15 . 10 , Jeremiah 20 . 14-18 , Matthew 26 . 24
given up . Job 11 . 20 , Job 14 . 10
Reciprocal . Job 3 . 3 . Let the day Ecclesiastes 4 . 3 . better Jeremiah 20 . 17 . he slew
Reciprocal . Job 3 . 3 . Let the day Job 3 . 10 . it shut not Ecclesiastes 4 . 3 . better Jeremiah 20 . 17 . he slew
my days few . Job 7 . 6 , Job 7 . 7 , Job 7 . 16 , Job 8 . 9 , Job 9 . 25 , Job 9 . 26 , Job 14 . 1 , Psalm 39 . 5 , Psalm 103 . 15 , Psalm 103 . 16
cease . Job 7 . 17-21 , Job 13 . 21 , Psalm 39 . 13
Reciprocal . Job 6 . 11 . What Job 14 . 6 . Turn
I go whence . Job 7 . 8-10 , Job 14 . 10-14 , 2 Samuel 12 . 23 , 2 Samuel 14 . 14 , Isaiah 38 . 11
the land . Job 3 . 5 , Psalm 88 . 6 , Psalm 88 . 11 , Psalm 88 . 12
the shadow . Job 3 . 5 , Psalm 23 . 4 , Jeremiah 2 . 6
Reciprocal . Job 7 . 7 . no more see Job 7 . 9 . he Job 14 . 12 . So man Job 15 . 30 . depart Job 17 . 13 . the grave Job 28 . 3 . the stones Psalm 39 . 13 . spare Psalm 44 . 19 . with the Psalm 107 . 14 . brought Isaiah 9 . 2 . in the land Amos 5 . 20 . darkness
the shadow of death . Where death projects his shadow , intercepting the light of life . without any order , having no arrangement , no distinction of inhabitants; the poor and the rich are there , the king and the beggar , their bodies in equal corruption and disgrace . where the light is as darkness , a palpable obscure , space and place , with only such a light or capability of distinction , as renders "darkness visible." Job 3 . 5 , Job 34 . 22 , Job 38 . 17 , Psalm 23 . 4 , Psalm 44 . 19 , Psalm 88 . 12 , Jeremiah 2 . 6 , Jeremiah 13 . 16 , Luke 16 . 26
Reciprocal . Job 7 . 7 . no more see Job 14 . 12 . So man Job 15 . 30 . depart Job 17 . 13 . the grave Job 18 . 18 . He shall be driven Job 28 . 3 . the stones Psalm 107 . 14 . brought Ecclesiastes 11 . 8 . yet Amos 5 . 20 . darkness Matthew 4 . 16 . shadow Luke 1 . 79 . and