Job 7:6
My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
In Context
5My flesh is covered with worms and dust; my skin gets hard and then is cracked again.
7O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.
Cross References
Job 6:11Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?
Job 13:15Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;
Job 16:22For in a short time I will take the journey from which I will not come back.
Job 17:11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.
Psalms 90:5...
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.
Matthew Henry on Job 7:2-7
Job's Reply to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling? 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my… Read the whole commentary →