Job 7:12
Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
In Context
13When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;
Cross References
Job 38:6On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,
Lamentations 3:7He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
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 →