Job 7:18

Job 7:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
• New International Version (NIV)that you examine them every morning and test them every moment?
• English Standard Version (ESV)visit him every morning and test him every moment?
• New King James Version (NKJV)That You should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?

Context of Job 7:18

16I hate my life; I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone because my days are so brief. 17“What is a mortal that you should make so much of him, that you should be concerned about him? ⌞What is he⌟ that you should inspect him every morning and examine him every moment? 19Why don’t you stop looking at me long enough to let me swallow my spit? 20If I sin, what can I ⌞possibly⌟ do to you since you insist on spying on people? Why do you make me your target? I’ve become a burden even to myself.

Job 7:18 word by word

וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ לִבְקָרִ֑ים לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• thou shouldest visitפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
• him every morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• tryבָּחַןbâchan · to testH974
• him every momentרֶ֫גַעrega‛ · momentH7281

Cross-references for Job 7:18

• Exodus 20:5Never worship them or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.
• Exodus 32:34Now, go! Lead the people to the place I told you about. My Messenger will go ahead of you. But when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
• Isaiah 26:14The wicked are dead. They are no longer alive. The spirits of the dead won’t rise. You have punished them, destroyed them, and wiped out all memory of them.
• Isaiah 38:12My life was over. You rolled it up like a shepherd’s tent. You rolled up my life like a weaver. You cut me off from the loom. You ended my life in one day.
• Genesis 22:1Later God tested Abraham and called to him, “Abraham!” “Yes, here I am!” he answered.
• Deuteronomy 8:16He was the one who fed you in the desert with manna, which your ancestors had never seen. He did this in order to humble you and test you. But he also did this so that things would go well for you in the end.
• Jeremiah 9:7This is what the Lord of Armies says: I will now refine them with fire and test them. What else can I do for my dear people?
• Daniel 12:10Many will be purified, made white, and refined. But wicked people will do wicked things, and none of them will understand. Only wise people will understand.
• Zechariah 13:9I will bring this third ⌞of the people⌟ through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined. I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ They will reply, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”
• 1 Peter 1:7The purpose of these troubles is to test your faith as fire tests how genuine gold is. Your faith is more precious than gold, and by passing the test, it gives praise, glory, and honor to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ appears again.

Commentaries on Job 7:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18And that thou shouldest visit him? - That is, for the purpose of inflicting pain. This language Job intends undoubtedly to be applicable to himself, and he asks with impatience why God should take a pleasure in visiting with suffering each returning day a creature like him? Every morning - Why is there no intermission even for a day? Why does not God allow one morning, or one moment, to pass without inflicting pain on a creature so feeble and so frail?…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-21Verses 17-21 Job reasons with God concerning his dealings with man. But in the midst of this discourse, Job seems to have lifted up his thoughts to God with some faith and hope. Observe the concern he is in about his sins. The best men have to complain of sin; and the better they are, the more they will complain of it. God is the Preserver of our lives, and the Saviour of the souls of all that believe; but probably Job meant the Observer of men, whose…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18that You should exalt him: Compare with Psalm 8:4–5, which expresses similar thoughts in a positive way. attend (Hebrew paqad): In Psalm 8:4, this term means "to honor or care for." Job used it ironically to mean "You bother yourself" (compare with "punished," Isaiah 26:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. With each new day (Psa 73:14). It is rather God's mercies, not our trials, that are new every morning (La 3:23). The idea is that of a shepherd taking count of his flock every morning, to see if all are there [Cocceius].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 7:18

• Humility

In the dictionaries

• Bitterness
• Complain
• Dust
• Preserver
• Terrify
• Wearisome
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings