Thematic Bible
Job 7:1 (show verse)
Is not the life of man upon earth a very battle? Are not his days like the days of a hired servant?
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)
For like as a bond servant desireth the shadow, and as a hireling would fain have an end of his work:
Job 7:3 (show verse)
Even so have I laboured whole months long - but in vain - and many a careful night have I told.
Job 7:4 (show verse)
When I laid me down to sleep, I said, 'O when shall I rise?' Again, I longed sore for the night. Thus am I full of sorrow, till it be dark.
Job 7:5 (show verse)
My flesh is clothed with worms, filthiness and dust; my skin is withered, and crumpled together;
Job 7:6 (show verse)
my days pass over more speedily 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)
"O remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall no more see the pleasures thereof;
Job 7:8 (show verse)
yea, and that none other man's eye shall see me anymore.
Job 7:9 (show verse)
For if thou fasten thine eyes upon me, I come to naught like as a cloud is consumed and vanisheth away. Even so, he that goeth down to hell, cometh no more up,
Job 7:10 (show verse)
nor turneth again into his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:11 (show verse)
Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speak in the trouble of my spirit; in that bitterness of my mind will I talk.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:12 (show verse)
Am I a sea, or a whalefish, that thou keepest me so in prison?
Job 7:13 (show verse)
When I think, 'My bed shall comfort me; I shall have some refreshing by talking to myself upon my couch,'
Job 7:14 (show verse)
then troublest thou me with dreams - and makest me so afraid through visions
Job 7:15 (show verse)
that my soul wisheth rather to be strangled, and my bones to be dead.
Job 7:16 (show verse)
I can see no remedy. I shall live no more. O spare me then, for my days are but vain.
Job 7:17 (show verse)
"What is man, that thou dost magnify him? And that thou settest thy heart upon him?
Job 7:18 (show verse)
Thou visitest him early, and every day: and suddenly doest thou try him.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:19 (show verse)
Why goest thou not from me, nor lettest me alone, so long till I swallow down my spittle?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:20 (show verse)
I have offended; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why hast thou made me to stand in thy way, and am so heavy a burden unto myself?
Job 7:21 (show verse)
Why dost thou not forgive my sin? Wherefore takest thou not away my wickedness? Behold, now must I sleep in the dust: And if thou seekest me tomorrow in the morning, I shall be gone."