Job 7:19
Won't you ever leave me alone long enough to catch my breath?
Free Bible Version
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
18that you inspect them every morning and test them every moment? Won't you ever stop staring at me?
Cross References
Job 9:18He doesn't give me a chance even to catch my breath; instead he fills my life with bitter suffering.
Job 14:6So leave us alone and give us some peace—so like a laborer we could enjoy a few hours of rest at the end of the day.
Psalms 13:1How long, Lord, are you going to forget me? Forever? How long will you turn away from me?
Revelation 6:10They cried out, shouting, “How long, Lord who is holy and true, before you will judge and bring to justice those on earth who spilled our blood?”
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 →