Job 10:18 KJV,ASV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 10:14-22

Here we have, I. Job's passionate complaints. On this harsh and unpleasant string he harps much, in which, though he cannot be justified, he may be excused. He complained not for nothing, as the murmuring Israelites, but had cause to complain. If we think it looks ill in him, let it be a warning to us to keep our temper better. 1. He complains of the strictness of God's judgment and the rigour of his proceedings against him, and is ready to call it summum jus?justice bordering on severity.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:18

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb ?.... Into this world; this act is rightly ascribed by Job to the Lord, as it is by David, Psalm 22:9 ; which kind act of God Job complains of, and wishes it had never been, seeing his life was now so miserable and uncomfortable; here he returns to his former complaints, wishes, and expostulations, expressed with so much vehemence and passion in Job 10:3 ; and for which his friends blamed him, and endeavoured to convince him of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:18

Wherefore then - Why didst thou give me a being, when thou didst foresee I should be exposed to such incredible hardships? See on Job 3:10 ; (note), etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:1-22

Having answered Bildad, Job proceeds to pour out the bitterness of his soul in a pathetic complaint, which he addresses directly to God. There is not much that is novel in the long expostulation, which mainly goes over ground covered in Job 3:1-26 ; Job 6:1-30 ; Job 7:1-21 ; but some new grounds are alleged as pleas for mercy, if not for justice. These are In conclusion, Job begs for a little respite, a little time of comfort (verse 20), before he descends into the darkness of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:1-22

Appeal to the justice, knowledge, and goodness of God. In his extremity of maddening pain and in his contempt of life, Job resolves to give full way once more to words (verse 1). And as they pour forth in full flood from the bottom of his heart, we perceive that he has in reality truer and juster thoughts about God than those expressed in the preceding chapter. He proceeds to appeal one by one to the highest perfection which can be associated with the Divine Name. I. APPEAL TO THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:18

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? A recurrence to his original complaint ( Job 3:3-10 ); as if, after full consideration, he returned to the conviction that the root of the whole matter—the real thing of which he might justly complain—was that he had ever been born into the world alive! Oh that I had given up the ghost! Before birth, or in the act of birth (so Job 3:11 ). And no eye had seen me! "No eye," i.e; "had looked upon my living face." For then— read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:18-22

Job to God: the progress of the third controversy: 3. An old complaint renewed. I. A GREAT MERCY DESPISED . Life. "Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?" (verse 18). Job here announces an important truth, that the extraction of an infant from the womb is practically God's work ( Psalms 22:9 ; Psalms 71:6 ), but likewise commits a sin in regarding as an evil fortune what, rightly pondered, should have been esteemed a valuable blessing. Life, as God bestows it,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 10:18

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth - See the notes at Job 3:11. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 10:1-22

Job’s reply to Bildad (9:1-10:22)While agreeing with Bildad that God is just, Job argues that ordinary people are still at a disadvantage. They cannot present their side of the case satisfactorily, because God always has the wisdom and power to frustrate them. He can ask a thousand questions that they cannot answer (9:1-4). He can do what he wishes in the heavens or on the earth (5-9). He can work miracles and no one can resist him (10-12). If God overthrows those with supernatural power such... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 10:18

Wherefore . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . Oh . . . ! Figure of speech Ecphonesis. given up the ghost = died. Hebrew. gava'. Compare Job 3:11 ; Job 13:19 ; Job 14:10 . Not Job 11:20 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 10:14-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:18-22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 10:18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 10:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 10:18

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