Job 7:19
How long dost thou not let me alone, 1 Nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
18Wilt thou visit him till the morning, 1 And judge him till the time of rest? 1
Cross References
Job 9:18For he suffers me not to take breath, 1 But he has filled me with bitterness. 1
Job 14:6Depart from him, that he may be quiet, 1 And take pleasure in his life, though as a hireling. 1
Psalms 13:1For the end, a Psalm of David. 1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. 1 They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; 1 There is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one. 1
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 →