New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 7:19
Job 7:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
- New International Version (NIV)Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?
- English Standard Version (ESV)How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
- New King James Version (NKJV)How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
Context of Job 7:19
17What is man that You magnify him, And that You are concerned about him, 18That You examine him every morning And try him every moment? Will You never turn Your gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle? 20Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself? 21Why then do You not pardon my transgression And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust; And You will seek me, but I will not be.”
Read all of Job 7Job 7:19 word by word
כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 7:19
- Job 9:18He will not allow me to get my breath, But saturates me with bitterness.
- Psalms 6:3And my soul is greatly dismayed; But You, O Lord--how long?
- Psalms 13:1How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 94:3How long shall the wicked, O Lord, How long shall the wicked exult?
- Revelation 6:10and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
Commentaries on Job 7:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Till I swallow down my spittle? - This is a proverbial expression, and exists among the Arabs to the present day; the very language being nearly the same. It signifies the same as, Let me draw my breath; give me a moment's space; let me have even the twinkling of an eye. I am urged by my sufferings to continue my complaint; but my strength is exhausted, my mouth dry with speaking. Suspend my sufferings even for so short a space as is necessary to swallow…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19How long wilt thou not depart? - How long is this to continue? The same word occurs in Job 14:6. The word rendered “depart” שׁעה shâ‛âh means to look, to look around, and then to look away from anyone or anything. The idea here is, that God had fixed his eyes upon Job, and he asks with anxiety, how long this was to continue, and when he would turn his eyes away; compare the notes at Job 7:8. Schultens supposes that the metaphor here is taken from…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. 19Will You never look away from me (literally How long will you not look away from me): Job wanted the opposite of the attention that loyal people usually desire (Numbers 6:25; Psalms 27:9; 69:17; 80:3, 7, 19; Lamentations 1:9). to swallow: This means “a chance to calm my breathing.”Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. How long (like a jealous keeper) wilt thou never take thine eyes off (so the Hebrew for "depart from") me? Nor let me alone for a brief respite (literally, "so long as I take to swallow my spittle"), an Arabic proverb, like our, "till I draw my breath."Read the comment
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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
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