Job 7:19
How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Darby Translation
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
18And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?
Cross References
Job 9:18He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
Job 14:6Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
Psalms 13:1{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Revelation 6:10and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O sovereign Ruler, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that 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 →