Job 7:1-3 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 7:2

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow ,.... Either the shadow of some great rock, tree, or hedge, or any shady place to shelter him from the heat of the sun in the middle of the day, which in those eastern countries is hot and scorching; and very burdensome and fatiguing it is for servants and labourers to work in fields and vineyards, or in keeping herds and flocks in such countries, and at such a time of the day; to which the allusion is in Song of Solomon 1:7 Isaiah 25:4 .... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 7:3

So am I made to possess months of vanity ,.... This is not a reddition or application of the above similes of the servant and hireling, Job 7:1 ; for that is to be understood, and to be supplied at the end of Job 7:2 ; that as those looked for the shadow and payment of hire, so Job looked for and earnestly desired death, or to be removed out of the world; besides, the things here instanced in do not answer; for Job, instead of having the refreshing shadow, had months of vanity, and... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 7:2

Earnestly desireth the shadow - As a man who labors hard in the heat of the day earnestly desires to get under a shade, or wishes for the long evening shadows, that he may rest from his labor, get his day's wages, retire to his food, and then go to rest. Night is probably what is meant by the shadow; as in Virgil, Aen. iv., ver. 7: Humentemque Aurora polo dimoverat Umbram . "The morning had removed the humid shadow, i.e., night, from the world." Where Servius justly observes: ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 7:3

So am I made to possess - But night is no relief to me, it is only a continuance of my anxiety and labor. I am like the hireling, I have my appointed labor for the day. I am like the soldier harassed by the enemy: I am obliged to be continually on the watch, always on the look out, with scarcely any rest. 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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 7:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 7:3

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 7:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 7:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 7:1-6

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