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Job 7

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?
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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;
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:
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.
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.
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?
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?
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?
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?
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.
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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