Job 7:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

Job 7:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Job 29:2
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
Job 16:7
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Capital and Labor Dead (people)Death Dying Employee Labor Life

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 desir…