Job 7:18
that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
In Context
17What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
19How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
Cross References
Genesis 22:1After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
Exodus 32:34Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
Job 14:3Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?
Isaiah 26:14The dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
Jeremiah 9:7Therefore the LORD of Armies says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
Zechariah 13:9I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is my 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 →