Job 7:16
For I shall not live forever, that I should patiently endure: 1 Depart from me, for my life is vain. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
In Context
15Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; 1 And yet keep my bones from death. 1
17For what is man, that thou hast magnified him? 1 Or that thou givest heed to him? 1
Cross References
Genesis 27:46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of the sons of Heth; if Jacob shall take a wife of the daughters of this land, wherefore should I live?
Job 3:20For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, 1 And life to the souls which are in griefs? 1
Job 9:21For even if I have sinned, I know it not in my soul: 1 But my life is taken away. 1
Job 10:20Is not the time of my life short? 1 Suffer me to rest a little, 1
Psalms 39:6O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, 1 And in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: 1 I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number. 1
Psalms 39:13For innumerable evils have encompassed me; 1 My transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; 1 They are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; 1 And my heart has failed me. 1
Matthew Henry on Job 7:8-17
7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou… Read the whole commentary →