Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
In Context
5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
Cross References
Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
Job 16:22For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
Job 17:11My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
Psalms 90:5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a 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 →