Thematic Bible
Job 7:1 (show verse)
"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
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 servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
Job 7:3 (show verse)
so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Job 7:4 (show verse)
When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
Job 7:5 (show verse)
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
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)
Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
Job 7:8 (show verse)
The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
Job 7:9 (show verse)
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.
Job 7:10 (show verse)
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:11 (show verse)
"Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:12 (show verse)
Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
Job 7:13 (show verse)
When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'
Job 7:14 (show verse)
then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:
Job 7:15 (show verse)
so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
Job 7:16 (show verse)
I loathe my life. I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Job 7:17 (show verse)
What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
Job 7:18 (show verse)
that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:19 (show verse)
How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:20 (show verse)
If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?
Job 7:21 (show verse)
Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."