Job 10
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8–12 Job continues his questioning of God. Why did God create Jobs marvelously if all He planned to do was to destroy him and turn him back into dust again? (verses 8–9).
13–17 Then Job answers his own questions. He arrogantly says to God: “I know this was in your mind” (verse 13)—“that you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished” (verse 14). Then Job complains that even if he is innocent (which he claims to be), God will punish him anyway. Here again Job is accusing God of treating him unjustly.
18–22 In verses 18–19, Job repeats his wish that he had never been born or that at least he could have been carried straight to the grave (Job 3:11,16). Then he asks God once more to turn away from him (verse 20), to let him alone (Job 7:16,19). That way maybe he can have a moment's joy before he has to go to the place of no return (see Job 7:9). Job had earlier seen the grave as a place of peace and rest (Job 3:13), but now he sees it as a place of gloom and deep shadow . . . and disorder (verses 21–22). However, he would still rather be dead than alive.