Bible Commentaries
Introduction
1 | Job excuses his desire of death. | 12 | He complains of his own restlessness, and expostulates with God. |
Verse 1
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
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- Is there
- 14:5,13,14; Psalms 39:4; Isaiah 38:5; John 11:9,10
- an appointed time
- or, a warfare.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8
- like the days
- 14:6; Leviticus 25:50; Deuteronomy 15:18; Isaiah 21:16; Matthew 20:1-15
Verse 2
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
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- ernestly desireth
- Heb. gapeth after.
- Psalms 119:131; 143:6
- the shadow
- Jeremiah 6:4
- as an hireling
- Leviticus 19:13; Deuteronomy 24:15; Malachi 3:5; James 5:4
Verse 3
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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- months of
- 29:2; Psalms 6:6; 39:5; Ecclesiastes 1:14
Verse 4
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
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- When
- 13,14; 17:12; 30:17; Deuteronomy 28:67; Psalms 6:6; 77:4; 130:6
- night, etc
- Heb. evening be measured. tossings.
- Psalms 109:23; Isaiah 54:11
Verse 5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
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- flesh
- 2:7,8; 17:14; 19:26; 24:20; 30:18,19; Psalms 38:5-7; Isaiah 1:6; 14:11; Acts 12:23
- loathsome
- 9:31; Isaiah 66:24; Ezekiel 20:43
Verse 6
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
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- swifter
- 9:25; 16:22; 17:11; Psalms 90:5,6; 102:11; 103:15,16; 144:4; Isaiah 38:12,13; 40:6,7; James 1:11; 4:14; 1 Peter 1:24
- without hope
- 6:11; 17:15; Proverbs 14:32; Jeremiah 2:25; Ephesians 2:12; 1 Peter 1:13
Verse 7
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
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- remember
- 10:9; Genesis 42:36; Nehemiah 1:8; Psalms 74:18,22; 89:47,50; Jeremiah 15:15
- my life
- Psalms 78:39; James 4:14
- no more see
- Heb. not return to see, that is, to enjoy.
- 10:21,22
Verse 8
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
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- The eye
- 20:9; Psalms 37:36
- thine eyes
- 13:27; 14:3; Psalms 39:11; 90:8,9
- I am not
- that is, I can live no longer.
Verse 9
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
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- the cloud
- 37:11
- he
- 10:21; 14:10-14; 16:22; 2 Samuel 12:23; 14:14; Psalms 39:13; Isaiah 38:11
Verse 10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
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- shall return
- 8:18; 20:9; Psalms 103:16
Verse 11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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- I will not
- 6:26; 10:1; 13:13; 16:6; 21:3; Psalms 39:3; 40:9
- the anguish
- Genesis 42:21; 2 Kings 4:27,28; Matthew 26:37,38; Luke 22:44; 2 Corinthians 2:4
- the bitterness
- 10:15; 21:25; 1 Samuel 1:10; Isaiah 38:15,17
Verse 12
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
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- I a sea
- 17; 38:6-11; Lamentations 3:7
- a whale
- 41:1-34
Verse 13
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
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- My bed
- 3,4; 9:27,28; Psalms 6:6; 77:4
Verse 14
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
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- thou scarest
- Genesis 40:5-7; 41:8; Judges 7:13,14; Daniel 2:1; Matthew 27:19
Verse 15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
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- chooseth
- 2 Samuel 17:23; Matthew 27:5
- life
- Heb. bones.
Verse 16
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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- I loathe it
- 3:20-22; 6:9; 10:1; Genesis 27:46; 1 Kings 19:4; Jonah 4:3,8
- let me alone
- 10:20; 14:6; Psalms 39:10,13
- my days
- Psalms 62:9; 78:33; 144:4; Ecclesiastes 6:11,12
Verse 17
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
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- What is man
- Psalms 8:4; 144:3; Hebrews 2:6
- magnify
- 12; 1 Samuel 24:14
- set thine
- 34:14,15
Verse 18
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
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- visit
- Exodus 20:5; 32:34; Isaiah 26:14; 38:12,13
- try
- Genesis 22:1; Deuteronomy 8:16; Jeremiah 9:7; Daniel 12:10; Zechariah 13:9; 1 Peter 1:7
Verse 19
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
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- How long
- 9:18; Psalms 6:3; 13:1-3; 94:3; Revelation 6:10
Verse 20
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
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- I have sinned
- 9:29-31; 13:26; 14:16; 22:5; 31:33; 33:9,27; Psalms 80:4
- O thou preserver
- Nehemiah 9:6; Psalms 36:6
- why hast
- 12; 6:4; 16:12-14; Psalms 21:12; Lamentations 3:12
- I am
- 11; 3:24
Verse 21
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
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- why dost
- 10:14; 13:23,24; Isaiah 64:9; Lamentations 3:42-44; 5:20-22
- take away
- 2 Samuel 24:10; Micah 7:18,19; Hosea 14:2; John 1:29; Titus 2:14; 1 John 1:9; 3:5
- sleep
- 3:13; 17:14; 21:32,33; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2
- in the morning
- but I shall not be
- Psalms 37:36; 103:15
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Bibliography Information Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Job 7:4". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". http://odl.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/job-7.html.
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