Job 7:13-14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 7:7-16

Job, observing perhaps that his friends, though they would not interrupt him in his discourse, yet began to grow weary, and not to heed much what he said, here turns to God, and speaks to him. If men will not hear us, God will; if men cannot help us, he can; for his arm is not shortened, neither is his ear heavy. Yet we must not go to school to Job here to learn how to speak to God; for, it must be confessed, there is a great mixture of passion and corruption in what he here says. But, if God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 7:13

When I say, my bed shall comfort me ,.... When he thought within himself that he would lie down upon his bed and try if he could get a little sleep, which might comfort and refresh him, and which he promised himself he should obtain by this means, as he had formerly had an experience of: my couch shall ease my complaint ; he concluded, that by lying down upon his couch, and falling asleep, it would give some ease of body and mind; that his body would, at least, for some time be free from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 7:14

Then thou scarest me with dreams ,.... Not with dreams and visions being told him, as were by Eliphaz, Job 4:13 ; but with dreams he himself dreamed; and which might arise from the force of his distemper, and the pain of his body, whereby his sleep was broken, his imagination disturbed, and his fancy roving, which led him to objects as seemed to him very terrible and dreadful; or from a melancholy disposition his afflictions had brought upon him; and hence in his dreams he had dismal... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 7:14

Thou sparest me with dreams - There is no doubt that Satan was permitted to haunt his imagination with dreadful dreams and terrific appearances; so that, as soon as he fell asleep, he was suddenly roused and alarmed by those appalling images. He needed rest by sleep, but was afraid to close his eyes because of the horrid images which were presented to his imagination. Could there be a state more deplorable than this? 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:11-16

Job to God: 2. The opening of the third controversy. I. A DANGEROUS RESOLUTION . 1 . The purport of it. To complain, not merely to repine against the misery of his lot, but to express his sense of Jehovah's cruelty in first afflicting him and then vouchsafing him no response to his solemn and pathetic appeal. If murmurings against one's outward estate are sometimes natural and even excusable, they are always perilous, even where not actually sinful. Those who begin by finding... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:11-16

Fresh recourse to the relief of words. The prayer seems, in this dark state of despondency, in vain; and Job's despair overflows all bounds and pours itself forth in a dark stream of thoughts and words. I. SUFFERINGS MISUNDERSTOOD . One might suppose, he argues, from these intense oppressions, that he was some dangerous creature, who could not be chained down too closely nor be watched too narrowly (verse 12)—one to whom not a moment's rest must be given, that he may not in his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:11-16

The cry of despair. Job is in the depth of his suffering. His heart is sore broken. He bursts forth with his loud complaint, which he can no longer restrain. His spirit seeks relief in its cry. Every cry is supposed to give relief. But the bitter cry of despair, coming up from the depths of excruciating sorrow, often marks the turning-point in the history of suffering. Its vanity and uselessness being made apparent, the soul returns to a calmer and more collected state. I. THE CRY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:13-14

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint . Sometimes, notwithstanding his many "wearisome nights" ( Job 7:5 ), Job would entertain a hope of a few hours' rest and tranquillity, as, wearied and exhausted, he sought his couch, and laid himself down upon it, but only to be disappointed. Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions . Unpleasant dreams are said to be a symptom, or at any rate a frequent concomitant, of elephantiasis; but Job... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:14

Scared with dreams. This seems to be one of the symptoms of Job's terrible disease, elephantiasis. Sleep even does not give him rest from his sufferings. The bodily torments of the day only give place to horrible dreams and alarming visions at night. I. DREAM - TERRORS ARE REAL IN EXPERIENCE . Look at the man in a nightmare, how he groans and shrieks! We smile at his fancied troubles. Yet to him, while he endures them, they are very real. We feel according to our subjective... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 7:7-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 7:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 7:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 7:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:11-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:11-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:11-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:13-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:14

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