Job

Job 10:20–21

²⁰Are my days not few?

Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,

²¹before I go — never to return —

to a land of darkness and gloom,

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Are my days	יָמַ֣י	yā·may	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3117 day
not	הֲלֹא־	hă·lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
few	מְעַ֣ט	mə·‘aṭ	Adjective - masculine singular	H4592 a little, fewness, a few
Withdraw	יֶחְדָּל	yɛḥ·då̄l	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2308 cease
from me	מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי	mim·men·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
that I may have a little comfort	וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה	wə·’aḇ·lî·ḡāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H1082 gleam, smile

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
before	בְּטֶ֣רֶם	bə·ṭe·rem	Preposition-b; Adverb	H2962 not yet, ere, before that
I go	אֵ֭לֵךְ	’ê·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
never	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to return	אָשׁ֑וּב	’ā·šūḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7725 turn back, return
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
a land	אֶ֖רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of darkness	חֹ֣שֶׁךְ	ḥō·šeḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity
and gloom	וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃	wə·ṣal·mā·weṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H6757 death-shadow, deep shadow

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 10:20 Job 14:1 · Psalm 39:13

Job 10:21 Job 3:5 · 2 Samuel 12:23 · Job 16:22 · Job 7:8–10 · Job 14:10–14 · 2 Samuel 14:14 · Psalm 23:4 · Job 3:13 · Psalm 88:11–12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.