John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 16:7
But now he hath made me weary ,.... Or "it hath made me weary" F21 "Dolor meus", V. L. so Aben Ezra & Cocceius. , that is, "my grief", as it may be supplied from Job 16:6 ; or rather God, as appears from the next clause, and from the following verse, where he is manifestly addressed; who by afflicting him had made him weary of the world, and all things in it, even of his very life, Job 10:1 ; his afflictions were so heavy upon him, and pressed him so hard, that his life was a... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 16:6-16
Job's complaint is here as bitter as any where in all his discourses, and he is at a stand whether to smother it or to give it vent. Sometimes the one and sometimes the other is a relief to the afflicted, according as the temper or the circumstances are; but Job found help by neither, Job 16:6. 1. Sometimes giving vent to grief gives ease; but, ?Though I speak? (says Job), ?my grief is not assuaged, my spirit is never the lighter for the pouring out of my complaint; nay, what I speak is so... read more