Job 7:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 7:1-6

Job is here excusing what he could not justify, even his inordinate desire of death. Why should he not wish for the termination of life, which would be the termination of his miseries? To enforce this reason he argues, I. From the general condition of man upon earth (Job 7:1): ?He is of few days, and full of trouble. Every man must die shortly, and every man has some reason (more or less) to desire to die shortly; and therefore why should you impute it to me as so heinous a crime that I wish... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 7:1

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth ?.... There is a set time for his coming into the world, for his continuance in it, and for his going out of it; this is to man "on earth", with respect to his being and abode here, not in the other world or future state: not in heaven; there is no certain limited time for man there, but an eternity; the life he will enter into is everlasting; the habitation, mansion, and house he will dwell in, are eternal; saints will be for ever with... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 7:1

Is there not an appointed time to man - The Hebrew, with its literal rendering, is as follows: ארץ עלי לאנוש צבא הלא halo tsaba leenosh aley arets , "Is there not a warfare to miserable man upon the earth?" And thus most of the versions have understood the words. The Septuagint: Ποτερον ουχι πειρατηριον εστι ὁ βιος ανθρωπου επι της γης ; "Is not the life of man a place of trial upon earth?" The Vulgate: Militia est vita hominis super terram , "The life of man is a warfare upon... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? rather, Is there not a warfare (or, a time of service ) to man upon earth? Has not each man a certain work appointed for him to do, and a certain limited time assigned him within which to do it? And thus, Are not his days also like the days of an hireling? Since the hireling is engaged to do a certain work in a certain time. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-3

The days of a hireling. Job compares himself to a mercenary in war and to a hired servant at work. As these men have little interest in what they are doing, partly because the masters who hire them take little interest in them, Job feels his life but a weariness, and longs for the term of his service to expire. I. LIFE MAY APPEAR LIKE THE DAYS OF A HIRELING . 1 . It involves hard toil. The lot of most men is not easy; but some find life a grinding servitude. 2 .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-6

The days of the hireling. Job speaks from the depth of suffering, and as yet he has no clear light upon the Divine purpose concerning him. God, who is his true Refuge, appears to be his Enemy; and he likens his miserable days to those of the oppressed slave. This he urges as a justification of the longing for rest which he has expressed. For him there is no prospect of that rest but in the grave. It is the cry of bitter subjection. 1. THE COMPARISON OF HUMAN LIFE TO THAT ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-6

The weariness of sorrow. Expressing Itself— I. IN A DESIRE FOR THE CLOSE OF LIFE . ( Job 7:2 .) II. As A CONTINUOUS DISAPPOINTMENT . ( Job 7:3 .) III. As A CEASELESS RESTLESSNESS . ( Job 7:4 .) IV. AS A REVOLT FROM THE PAINFULNESS OF ITS CIRCUMSTANCES . ( Job 7:5 .) V. AS A CONDITION OF HOPELESSNESS . ( Job 7:6 .)—R.G. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-10

Job to God: 1. The soliloquy of sorrow. I. A PATHETIC REPRESENTATION OF HUMAN LIFE . In contrast to the fascinating picture sketched by Eliphaz ( Job 5:17-27 ), Job depicts human life in general, and his own sorrowful existence in particular, as: 1 . A term of hard service. "Is there not an appointed time [literally, 'a warfare, a term of hard service'] on the earth?' like that of a mercenary soldier hired out for military purposes to a foreign despot; and "are not his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-10

The weakness of man's appeal to the clemency of God. I. GENERAL VIEW OF MAN 'S MISERY AND HIS OWN . ( Job 7:1-5 .) Man is compared to a hireling with an appointed time of service, the end of which is wearily and wistfully looked for. The ideas suggested are As the slave longs for the lengthening shadows of evening, the hired labourer for pay-time, so the oppressed sufferer, toiling beneath a load of pain, longs for the welcome end of death. He "would 'twere bedtime, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-21

In this chapter Job first bewails his miserable fate, of which he expects no alleviation (verses 1-10); then claims an unlimited right of complaint (verse 11); and finally enters into direct expostulation with God—an expostulation which continues from verse 12 to the end of the chapter. At the close, he admits his sinfulness (verse 20), but asks impatiently why God does not pardon it instead of visiting it with such extreme vengeance (verse 21). read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 7:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 7:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 7:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-21

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