Thematic Bible
Job 7:1 (show verse)
"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also 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)
Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,
Job 7:3 (show verse)
thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
Job 7:4 (show verse)
If I lie down, I say, 'When will I arise?', and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.
Job 7:5 (show verse)
My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.
Job 7:6 (show verse)
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end 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 a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.
Job 7:8 (show verse)
The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.
Job 7:9 (show verse)
As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.
Job 7:10 (show verse)
He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:11 (show verse)
"Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; 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 the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?
Job 7:13 (show verse)
If I say, "My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,"
Job 7:14 (show verse)
then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
Job 7:15 (show verse)
so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
Job 7:16 (show verse)
I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
Job 7:17 (show verse)
"What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?
Job 7:18 (show verse)
And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:19 (show verse)
Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 7:20 (show verse)
If I have sinned -- what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?
Job 7:21 (show verse)
And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."