Job 7:19
How long will you not spare me, nor release me to ingest my saliva?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
In Context
18You visit him at dawn, and you test him unexpectedly.
Cross References
Job 9:18He does not permit my spirit to rest, and he fills me with bitterness.
Job 14:6Withdraw a little from him, so that he may rest, until his awaited day arrives, like that of the hired hand.
Psalms 13:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They were corrupted, and they have become abominable in their studies. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
Revelation 6:10And they were crying out with a loud voice, saying: “How long, O Holy and True Lord, will you not judge and not vindicate our blood against those who dwell upon the earth?”
Matthew Henry on Job 7:18-21
17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in… Read the whole commentary →