Job 7:16
I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
In Context
15So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
17What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
Cross References
Genesis 27:46And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good should my life do me?
Job 3:20Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,
Job 9:21Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Job 10:20Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,
Psalms 39:6Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 39:13Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.
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 →