Job 7:6
My days pass quicker than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
In Context
5My body is covered with maggots and caked in dirt; my skin is cracked, with oozing sores.
7Remember that my life is just a breath; I will not see happiness again.
Cross References
Job 6:11Why should I go on waiting when I don't have the strength? Why should I keep going when I don't know what is going to happen to me?
Job 13:15Even though he kills me, I will hope in him. I am still going to defend my ways before him.
Job 16:22For in a few short years I shall go down that road from which I shall not return.”
Job 17:11My life is over. My plans are gone. My heart is broken.
Psalms 90:5You bring people's lives to a sudden end, like dreams that vanish. They are like grass that grows up in the morning—
Psalms 103:15Human lifetimes are like grass: we blossom like flowers in a 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 →