Job 6 · Verse 10

Job 6:10

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
Job 6:10, King James Version

Job 6:10 in other translations

BSBIt still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
WEBLet it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
ASVAnd be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
YLTAnd yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain--He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.
DARBYThen should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
BBESo 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.
WebsterThen should I yet have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

What does Job 6:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. I would harden myself in sorrow--rather, "I would exult in the pain," if I knew that that pain would hasten my death [Gesenius]. Umbreit translates the Hebrew of "Let Him not spare," as "unsparing"; and joins it with "pain." concealed--I have not disowned, in word or deed, the commands of the Holy One (Psa 119:46; Ac 20:20). He says this in answer to Eliphaz' insinuation that he is a hypocrite. God is here called "the Holy One," to imply man's reciprocal obligation to be holy, as He is holy (Le 19:2).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Then should I yet have comfort - Instead of עוד od, Yet, three of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. have זאת zoth, This. And This should be my comfort. The expectation that he will speedily make an end of me would cause me to rejoice with great joy. This reading is supported by the Vulgate and the Chaldee. I would harden myself in sorrow - To know that I should shortly have an end put to my miseries would cause me to endure the present with determinate resolution. Let him not spare - let him use whatever means he chooses, for I will not resist his decree; he is holy, and his decrees must be just.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 6:8-13

Job had desired death as the happy end of his miseries. For this, Eliphaz had reproved him, but he asks for it again with more vehemence than before. It was very rash to speak thus of God destroying him. Who, for one hour, could endure the wrath of the Almighty, if he let loose his hand against him? Let us rather say with David, O spare me a little. Job grounds his comfort upon the testimony of his conscience, that…

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Job 6:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּ֥תְהִיU.te.hiand may it beH1961
ע֨וֹד\׀odstillH5750
נֶ֘חָ֤מָתִ֗יne.Cha.ma.Ticomfort myH5165
וַאֲסַלְּדָ֣הva.'a.sa.le.Dahand may I jumpH5539
בְ֭חִילָהVe.chi.lahin anguishH2427
לֹ֣אlo'[which] notH3808
יַחְמ֑וֹלyach.Molit relentsH2550
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
כִ֝חַ֗דְתִּיkhi.Chad.tiI have hiddenH3582
אִמְרֵ֥י'im.Rei[the] words ofH561
קָדֽוֹשׁ\׃ka.Do.osh[the] holy [one]H6918

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 6:10

  • Job 23:12

    Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

  • Leviticus 19:2

    Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.

  • Isaiah 57:15

    For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

  • Psalms 40:9-10

    I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest. I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

  • Psalms 71:17-18

    O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

  • Job 21:33

    The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

  • 1 Samuel 2:2

    There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

  • Acts 20:27

    For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

  • Habakkuk 3:3

    God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

  • Psalms 37:30

    The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

  • Romans 8:32

    He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

  • Revelation 4:8

    And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then.
3:22; 21:33
I would.
9:4
let him not.
De 29:20; Ro 8:32; 2Pe 2:4,5
have not concealed.
23:12; Ps 37:30; 40:9,10; 71:17,18; 119:13; Ac 20:20,27
the Holy One.
Le 19:2; 1Sa 2:2; Isa 30:11,12; 57:15; Ho 11:9; Hab 1:12; 3:3
Re 3:7; 4:8

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Context

  • Job 6:9

    Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

  • Job 6:10

    Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 6:11

    What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

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Job 6:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y sería aún mi consuelo, si me asaltase con dolor sin dar más tregua, que yo no he escondido las palabras del Santo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors il y aurait encore pour moi une consolation, et, dans la douleur qui ne m’épargne pas, je me réjouirais de ce que je n’ai pas renié les paroles du Saint.
German
Elberfelder 1871		So würde noch mein Trost sein, und ich würde frohlocken in schonungsloser Pein, daß ich die Worte des Heiligen nicht verleugnet habe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et hæc mihi sit consolatio, ut affligens me dolore, non parcat, nec contradicam sermonibus Sancti.