Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; 1 they pass without hope. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
In Context
7God, call to mind that my life is only a breath; 1 my eye will no more see good. 1
Cross References
Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should try to wait? 1 What is my end, that I should prolong my life? 1
Job 13:15See, if he kills me, I will have no hope left; 1 nevertheless, I will defend my ways before him. 1
Job 16:22For when a few years have passed, 1 I will go to a place from where I will not return.
Job 17:11My days are past; my plans are shattered, 1 and so are the desires of my heart. + 17:11 Some modern versions have My days are past, as are my plans. The wishes of my heart are finished or ... the strings of my heart have been broken . Others have My days are past; my plans are over, as are the wishes of my heart 1
Psalms 90:5You sweep them away as with a flood and they sleep; 1 in the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up. 1
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass; 1 he flourishes like a flower in a field. 1
Matthew Henry on Job 7:2-7
Job's Reply to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling? 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my… Read the whole commentary →