Job 7:19
How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
World English Bible British
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 visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
Cross References
Job 9:18He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Job 14:6Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.
Psalms 13:1How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Revelation 6:10They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
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 →