Job 7:19

How long wilt thou not look away from me? Wilt thou not let me alone, till I can swallow my spittle?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 thou shouldst inspect him morning by morning, moment by moment, shouldst test him?

20I have sinned, What can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden?

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Cross References

Job 9:18He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.

Job 14:6Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day.

Psalms 13:1How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Revelation 6:10And they cried out with a loud voice, saying—How long, O Sovereign, the Holy and True, dost thou not vindicate and avenge our blood from them that dwell upon 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 →

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