New King James Version
Job 7:6
6“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.
Job 7:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
- New International Version (NIV)“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and come to their end without hope.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle. They end without hope.
Context of Job 7:6
4When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise, And the night be ended?’ For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn. 5My flesh is caked with worms and dust, My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh. “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope. 7Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good. 8The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
Read all of Job 7Job 7:6 word by word
יָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־אָ֑רֶג וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּ בְּאֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 7:6
- Job 9:25“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
- Job 16:22For when a few years are finished, I shall go the way of no return.
- Job 17:11My days are past, My purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
- Psalms 90:5You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up:
- Psalms 102:11My days are like a shadow that lengthens, And I wither away like grass.
- Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
- Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow.
- Isaiah 38:12My life span is gone, Taken from me like a shepherd’s tent; I have cut off my life like a weaver. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me.
- Isaiah 40:6The voice said, “Cry out!” And he said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
- James 1:11For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.
- James 4:14whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
- 1 Peter 1:24because “All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away,
- Job 6:11“What strength do I have, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
- Job 17:15Where then is my hope? As for my hope, who can see it?
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, But the righteous has a refuge in his death.
- Jeremiah 2:25Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘There is no hope. No! For I have loved aliens, and after them I will go.’
Commentaries on Job 7:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Swifter than a weaver's shuttle - The word ארג areg signifies rather the weaver than his shuttle. And it has been doubted whether any such instrument were in use in the days of Job. Dr. Russell, in his account of Aleppo, shows that though they wove many kinds of curious cloth, yet no shuttle was used, as they conducted every thread of the woof by their fingers. That some such instrument as the shuttle was in use from time immemorial, there can be no…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6My days are swifter than a weaver‘s shuttle - That is, they are short and few. He does not here refer so much to the rapidity with which they were passing away as to the fact that they would soon be gone, and that he was likely to be cut off without being permitted to enjoy the blessings of a long life; compare the notes at Isaiah 38:12. The weaver‘s shuttle is the instrument by which the weaver inserts the filling in the woof. With us few things would…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-21Job cried out to God, saying life was too short (7:6–10). This complaint contrasts with his earlier wish for God to end his life (6:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. (Is 38:12). Every day like the weaver's shuttle leaves a thread behind; and each shall wear, as he weaves. But Job's thought is that his days must swiftly be cut off as a web; without hope--namely, of a recovery and renewal of life (Job 14:19; 1Ch 29:15).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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