Job 7:12
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou set a watch over me?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
In Context
13When I say, My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint.
Cross References
Job 38:6Upon what were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone of it
Lamentations 3:7He has walled me around, that I cannot go forth. He has made my chain heavy.
Matthew Henry on Job 7:8-17
7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 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. 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou… Read the whole commentary →