Job 7:16
I am wasting away; I shall not live alway: Let me alone, for my days are a vapor!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
In Context
15So that my soul chooseth strangling, Yea, death, rather than these my bones.
17What is man, that thou shouldst make great account him, And fix thy mind upon him?—
Cross References
Job 3:20Why giveth He light to him that is in misery, And life to the bitter in soul,
Job 9:21Though I were innocent, I would not care for myself; I would despise my life.
Job 10:20Are not my days few? O spare then, And let me alone, that I may be at ease a little while,
Psalms 39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely he disquieteth himself in vain; He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 39:13O spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go away, and be no more!
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 →