Job 7:18
That thou shouldst visit him every morning, And prove him every moment?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
In Context
17What is man, that thou shouldst make great account him, And fix thy mind upon him?—
19How long ere thou wilt look away from me, And let me alone, till I have time to breathe?
Cross References
Job 14:3And dost thou fix thine eyes upon such a one? And dost thou bring me into judgment with thee?
Isaiah 26:14They are dead, they shall not live; They are shades, they shall not rise. For thou hast visited and destroyed them, And caused all the memory of them to perish.
Jeremiah 9:7Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold I will melt them and try them; For what else can I do on account of the daughter of my people?
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, And will refine them, as silver is refined, And will try them, as gold is tried; They shall call upon me, and I will hear them; I will say, “It is my people.” And they shall say, “Jehovah is our God.”
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 →