Job 10:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

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  • Job 7:11 : 11 So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.
  • Num 11:15 : 15 If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.
  • Job 9:21 : 21 I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
  • Job 10:15-16 : 15 That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble. 16 And that if there was cause for pride, you would go after me like a lion; and again put out your wonders against me:
  • Job 14:13 : 13 If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!
  • Job 16:6-9 : 6 If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me? 7 But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble. 8 It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face. 9 I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes; 10 Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me. 11 God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers. 12 I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows. 13 His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth. 14 I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war. 15 I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust. 16 My face is red with weeping, and my eyes are becoming dark;
  • Job 19:4 : 4 And, truly, if I have been in error, the effect of my error is only on myself.
  • Job 21:2-4 : 2 Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort. 3 Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me. 4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?
  • Ps 32:3-5 : 3 When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day. 4 For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.) 5 I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)
  • Isa 38:15 : 15 What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.
  • Isa 38:17 : 17 See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
  • Jonah 4:8 : 8 Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.
  • Job 7:16 : 16 I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.
  • Job 3:20-23 : 20 Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul; 21 To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth; 22 Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place; 23 To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong. 16 So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
  • Job 5:20 : 20 When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
  • Job 6:2-4 : 2 If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble! 3 For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled. 4 For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
  • Job 6:8-9 : 8 If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire! 9 If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!
  • Job 6:26 : 26 My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.

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  • Job 7:11-13
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    11 So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

    12 Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?

    13 When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;

  • Job 10:2
    80%

    2 I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

  • Isa 38:15
    79%

    15 What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.

  • Job 21:4
    79%

    4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • Job 9:18
    77%

    18 He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

  • Ps 31:9-10
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    9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

    10 My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

  • Job 10:20
    77%

    20 Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

  • Job 9:27-28
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    77%

    27 If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;

    28 I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

  • Job 30:16
    76%

    16 But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:

  • Job 23:2
    76%

    2 Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.

  • Ps 143:3-4
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    76%

    3 The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

    4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • Job 7:15-16
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    76%

    15 So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

    16 I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

  • Job 13:19
    76%

    19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • Ps 88:3
    75%

    3 For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

  • Ps 142:2
    75%

    2 I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble.

  • Job 6:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

    10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 17:1
    75%

    1 My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.

  • Job 13:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13 Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.

    14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

    15 Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

  • Job 3:24
    74%

    24 In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.

  • Job 27:2
    73%

    2 By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

  • Jer 8:18
    73%

    18 Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble.

  • Ps 13:2
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    2 How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

  • Job 16:6-7
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    6 If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?

    7 But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.

  • Jonah 4:3
    73%

    3 So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.

  • Ps 6:3
    73%

    3 My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

  • Job 19:2
    73%

    2 How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words?

  • Ps 38:17
    73%

    17 My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.

  • Isa 38:10
    72%

    10 I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

  • Ps 55:2
    72%

    2 Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

  • Job 3:20
    72%

    20 Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;

  • Jer 10:19
    72%

    19 Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I may not be free from it.

  • Ps 6:6
    72%

    6 The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes.

  • Ps 42:9
    72%

    9 I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • Ps 39:10
    72%

    10 No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

  • Job 10:18
    72%

    18 Why then did you make me come out of my mother's body? It would have been better for me to have taken my last breath, and for no eye to have seen me,

  • Lam 1:22
    72%

    22 Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

  • Ps 77:3
    72%

    3 I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

  • Ps 42:11
    72%

    11 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

  • Ps 102:5
    71%

    5 Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone.

  • Ps 55:4
    71%

    4 My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.