Job 7:19
How long do You not look from me? You do not desist until I swallow my spittle.
Literal Standard 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
18And inspect him in the mornings, || [And] in the evenings try him?
Cross References
Job 9:18He does not permit me to refresh my spirit, || But fills me with bitter things.
Job 14:6Look away from off him that he may cease, || Until he enjoy as a hired worker his day.
Psalms 13:1TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Until when, O YHWH, || Do You forget me forever? Until when do You hide Your face from me?
Revelation 6:10and they were crying with a great voice, saying, “Until when, O Master, the Holy and the True, do You not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling 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 →