Job 7:19
How long will it be before you look away from me, 1 before you let me alone long enough for me to swallow down my own saliva? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
18that you should observe him every morning 1 and test him every moment? 1
Cross References
Job 9:18He does not allow me to regain my breath; 1 but he fills me with bitterness. 1
Job 14:6Look away from him that he may rest, 1 so that he may enjoy his day like a hired man if he can do so. 1
Psalms 13:1How long, Yahweh, will you keep forgetting about me? 1 How long will you hide your face from me? 1
Revelation 6:10They cried out with a loud voice, “How long, Ruler over all, holy and true, until you judge those who live on the earth, and until you avenge our blood?”
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 →