Job 7:19
How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
18Thou visitest him early in the morning, and thou provest him suddenly.
Cross References
Job 9:18He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
Job 14:6Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.
Psalms 13:1Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?
Revelation 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (holy and true) dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on 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 →