Job 7:6
יָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי ־ אָרֶג וַיִּכְלוּ בְּאֶפֶס תִּקְוָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
In Context
5לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה וגיש עָפָר עוֹרִי רָגַע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס ׃
7זְכֹר כִּי ־ רוּחַ חַיָּי לֹא ־ תָשׁוּב עֵינִי לִרְאוֹת טֽוֹב ׃
Cross References
Job 6:11מַה ־ כֹּחִי כִֽי ־ אֲיַחֵל וּמַה ־ קִּצִּי כִּֽי ־ אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִֽׁי ׃
Job 13:15הֵן יִקְטְלֵנִי לא אֲיַחֵל אַךְ ־ דְּרָכַי אֶל ־ פָּנָיו אוֹכִֽיחַ ׃
Job 16:22כִּֽי ־ שְׁנוֹת מִסְפָּר יֶאֱתָיוּ וְאֹרַח לֹא ־ אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹֽךְ ׃
Job 17:11יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִֽי ׃
Psalms 90:5זְרַמְתָּם שֵׁנָה יִהְיוּ בַּבֹּקֶר כֶּחָצִיר יַחֲלֹֽף ׃
Psalms 103:15אֱנוֹשׁ כֶּחָצִיר יָמָיו כְּצִיץ הַשָּׂדֶה כֵּן יָצִֽיץ ׃
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 →