Thematic Bible
Job 7:1 (show verse)
And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
death » Desired » Job
Employee » Character of unrighteous
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Weary of » Job
natural Life » Described as » Limited
Man » Days of, as the days of a hireling
Man » Has an appointed time on the earth
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servants » Hired » Called hirelings
Employee » Character of unrighteous
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Weary of » Job
natural Life » Described as » Limited
Man » Days of, as the days of a hireling
Man » Has an appointed time on the earth
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servants » Hired » Called hirelings
Job 7:2 (show verse)
“As a slave earnestly longs for the shade,
And as a hired man eagerly awaits his wages,
Job 7:3 (show verse)
So am I allotted months of futility and suffering,
And [long] nights of trouble and misery are appointed to me.
Job 7:4 (show verse)
“When I lie down I say,
‘When shall I arise [and the night be gone]?’
But the night continues,
And I am continually tossing until the dawning of day.
Job 7:5 (show verse)
“My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust;
My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.
Job 7:6 (show verse)
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
Despair » General references to
Despair » Saints sometimes tempted to
Life » Of the spirit » Weariness of
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a flying shuttle
Life » Brief » Like a flying shuttle
natural Life » Is compared to » A weaver's shuttle
Time » Brevity of » Like a flying shuttle
Weaving » Weaver's shuttle
Despair » Saints sometimes tempted to
Life » Of the spirit » Weariness of
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a flying shuttle
Life » Brief » Like a flying shuttle
natural Life » Is compared to » A weaver's shuttle
Time » Brevity of » Like a flying shuttle
Weaving » Weaver's shuttle
Job 7:7 (show verse)
“Remember that my life is but breath [a puff of wind, a sigh];
My eye will not see good again.
Job 7:8 (show verse)
“The eye of him who sees me [now] will see me no more;
Your eyes will be upon me, but I will not be.
Job 7:9 (show verse)
“As a cloud vanishes and is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) does not come up.
Job 7:10 (show verse)
“He will not return again to his house,
Nor will his place know about him anymore.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:11 (show verse)
“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul [O Lord].
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:12 (show verse)
“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?
Job 7:13 (show verse)
“When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
Job 7:14 (show verse)
Then You frighten me with dreams
And terrify me through visions,
Job 7:15 (show verse)
So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my
Job 7:16 (show verse)
“I waste away and loathe my life; I will not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are but a breath [futile and without substance].
Job 7:17 (show verse)
“What is man that You [should] magnify him [and think him important]?
And that You are concerned about him?
Job 7:18 (show verse)
“And that You examine him every morning
And try and test him every moment?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:19 (show verse)
“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me [it plagues me],
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:20 (show verse)
“If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done to You,
O Watcher of mankind?
Why have You set me as a target for You,
So that I am a burden to myself?
Job 7:21 (show verse)
“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my sin and guilt?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”