Job 7:3-7

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 7:3

3.—Months of comfortless misfortune. I am made to possess—literally, "to be heir to." Irony. "To be heir to," is usually a matter of joy; but here it is the entail of an involuntary and dismal inheritance. Months—for days, to express its long duration. Appointed—literally, "they have numbered to me"; marking well the unavoidable doom assigned to him. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 7:4

4. Literally, "When shall be the flight of the night?" [GESENIUS]. UMBREIT, not so well, "The night is long extended"; literally, "measured out" (so Margin). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 7:5

5. In elephantiasis maggots are bred in the sores (Acts 12:23; Isaiah 14:11). clods of dust—rather, a crust of dried filth and accumulated corruption (Job 2:7; Job 2:8). my skin is broken and . . . loathsome—rather, comes together so as to heal up, and again breaks out with running matter [GESENIUS]. More simply the Hebrew is, "My skin rests (for a time) and (again) melts away" (Job 2:8- :). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 7:6

6. ( :-). Every day like the weaver's shuttle leaves a thread behind; and each shall wear, as he weaves. But Job's thought is that his days must swiftly be cut off as a web; without hope—namely, of a recovery and renewal of life (Job 14:19; 1 Chronicles 29:15). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 7:7

7. Address to God. Wind—a picture of evanescence (Psalms 78:39). shall no more see—rather, "shall no more return to see good." This change from the different wish in Job 3:17, c., is most true to nature. He is now in a softer mood a beam from former days of prosperity falling upon memory and the thought of the unseen world, where one is seen no more (Job 3:17- :), drew from him an expression of regret at leaving this world of light (Ecclesiastes 11:7); so Hezekiah (Isaiah 38:11). Grace rises... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 7:1-6

Job’s miserable suffering 7:1-6"The rest of Job’s speech is more like a soliloquy which turns into a remonstration against God Himself. His theme is once more the hard service that men have upon earth." [Note: Andersen, p. 134.] "That Job speaks realistically about his pains here, in contrast to the unrealistic wish never to have been born that he uttered in his curse-lament (ch. 3), means that he is beginning to cope with his real situation." [Note: Hartley, p. 142.] In this complaint (cf. ch.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 7:1-21

2. Job’s first reply to Eliphaz chs. 6-7Job began not with a direct reply to Eliphaz but with another complaint about his condition. Then he responded to Eliphaz’s speech but addressed all three of his friends. The "you" and "yours" in Job 6:24-30 are plural in the Hebrew text. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 7:7-21

Job’s prayer to God 7:7-21Throughout his sufferings, Job did not turn away from God. Often people undergoing severe affliction do forsake Him. However, Job kept God in view and kept talking to God, even though he did not know what to ask, which was a major part of his torment. I believe this accounts for his ability to maintain his sanity and to come through his adversity finally. It is when people abandon God in their suffering that they get into serious trouble spiritually.Job believed he... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 7:1-21

Job’s First Speech (concluded)1-10. Job laments the hardship and misery of his destiny.1. Man’s life is a lot of hardship. Appointed time] RM ’time of service.’2, 3. As the labourer longs for the weary day to end and to receive his wages, so Job bemoans the length of his sufferings and sighs for death to end them. 3. Months of vanity] so called because they were unsatisfactory, hopeless. ’Months’ imply that Job’s sufferings had lasted a considerable time. 5. Worms] from the diseased flesh.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 7:4

(4) When I lie down, I say.—Or, When I lie down, then I say, When shall I arise? But the night is long, and I am filled with tossings to and fro till the morning twilight. read more

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