Job 7:18
that you inspect them every morning and test them every moment? Won't you ever stop staring at me?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
In Context
17Why are human beings so important to you; why are you so concerned about them
19Won't you ever leave me alone long enough to catch my breath?
Cross References
Genesis 22:1Sometime later God tested Abraham. He called out to him, “Abraham!” “I'm here,” Abraham replied.
Exodus 32:34Now go and lead the people to the place I told you about. Look, my angel will go before you, but at the time I decide to punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
Job 14:3Do you even notice me, God, and why do you have to drag me to court?
Isaiah 26:14They are dead, they will not live again; they will not rise from the grave. Lord, you punished them and destroyed them—even wiping out every memory about them.
Jeremiah 9:7So this is what the Lord Almighty says: Look, I'm going to test them and purify them like metal in a furnace. What else can I do because of what my people have done?
Zechariah 13:9I will place this one third in the fire, and I will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on me for help, and I will answer them. I will say, “These are my people,” and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”
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 →