Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 7

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Job 7 . 1 , Job excuses his desire of death; Job 7 . 12 , He complains of his own restlessness , and expostulates with God.

Job 7:1

“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

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or , a warfare

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Job 7:2

Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

Job 7:2 · BSB

earnestly desireth2 parallels

Heb. gapeth after

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Job 7:3

So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.

Job 7:3 · BSB

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Job 7:4

When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

Job 7:4 · BSB

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night etc. Heb. evening be measured

Job 7:5

My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

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Job 7:6

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

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Job 7:7

Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

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my life2 parallels

no more see2 parallels

Heb. not return to see , that is , to enjoy

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Job 7:8

The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

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The eye2 parallels

I am not1 parallel

that is , I can live no longer

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Job 7:9

As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

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the cloud1 parallel

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Job 7:10

He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

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shall return3 parallels

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Job 7:11

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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Job 7:12

Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

Job 7:12 · BSB

a whale1 parallel

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Job 7:13

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

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Job 7:14

then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

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Job 7:15

so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.

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chooseth2 parallels

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life Heb. bones

Job 7:16

I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

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Job 7:17

What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,

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What is man3 parallels

magnify2 parallels

set thine2 parallels

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Job 7:18

that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?

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Job 7:19

Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

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Job 7:20

If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?

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O thou preserver2 parallels

I am2 parallels

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Job 7:21

Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

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in the morning1 parallel

but I shall not be2 parallels

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