Job 7:19
How long will you not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Updated King James Version
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
18And that you should visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
Cross References
Job 9:18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Job 14:6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a worker, his day.
Psalms 13:1How long will you forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long will you hide your face from me?
Revelation 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on them that 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 →