Job 7:18
in Job 7that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
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ASV
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?
KJV
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
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This verse in Job 7
Commentary
11 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
With each new day (Ps 73:14). It is rather God's mercies, not our trials, that are new every morning (La 3:23). The idea is that of a shepherd taking count of his flock every morning, to see if all are there [COCCEIUS].
This site's exposition
What is man that You should exalt him
on Job 7:17-19
Job takes the question of Psalm 8:4 and turns it against itself: "What is man that You should exalt him". The visitation the psalm blesses, Job feels as a watch kept on a prisoner. To "swallow my spittle" is proverbial for the shortest respite, and Job cannot get even that.
This site's exposition
that You attend to him every morning
Barnes reads attend as a visit to test him with pain every morning. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown set it beside Lamentations 3:23, where the mercies of the LORD are new every morning. He feels only the test.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
It is necessary, actually, to call that time "morning," because it is entirely light and drives the night away from this life. "You judge them for the time of rest," that is, not for the torments but for the delights and the reward. He, who …
The Medieval Church2 voices
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistMorals on the Book of Job, Book VIII · Written before 604.
proposed
And that Thou shouldest visit him in the dawn, and try him suddenly? Which is there of us that does not know that it is called the 'dawn,' when the night season is now changing into the brightness of light? so we too are closed in by the darkness of night, when we are dimmed by the practice of wickedness; but the night is turned into light, when the darkness of our erring state is illuminated by knowledge of the Truth.
He shows how God turns his heart towards him when he says, "You visit him at dawn," i.e. from the day of his birth you help him by your providence with things necessary for his life and glorification, whether they are corporeal or spiritual. "And …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. Job is here excusing what he could not justify, even his inordinate desire of death.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-run:31w-of-46
As a pious admiration of the condescensions of divine grace, like that, Ps. viii. He owns God's favour to man in general, even when he complains of his own particular troubles. " What is man, miserable man, a poor, mean, weak creature, that thou, the great and glorious God, shouldst deal with him as thou dost?
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And try, &c. - What is man that vain, foolish creature, that thou shouldest magnify or regard, or visit him, (with thy mercy and blessings, that thou shouldest so far honour and regard him, as by thy visitation to preserve his spirit, or hold his soul in life) and try him, which God doth not only by afflictions, but also by prosperity and both inward and outward blessings?
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And that thou shouldest visit him? - That is, for the purpose of inflicting pain. This language Job intends undoubtedly to be applicable to himself, and he asks with impatience why God should take a pleasure in visiting with suffering each returning day a creature like him? Every morning - Why is there no intermission even for a day? Why does not God allow one morning, or one moment, to pass without inflicting pain on a creature so feeble and so frail? And try him - Or, prove him; to wit, by afflictions. Every moment - Constantly; without intermission.
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ | vatifkedenu | and you have visited him | H6485 → | 303 times |
| לִבְקָרִ֑ים | livkarim | to mornings | H1242 → | 214 times |
| לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים | lirgaim | to moments | H7281 → | 22 times |
| תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃ | tivchanenu | you test him | H974 → | 29 times |
וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּand you have visited him
vatifkedenuH6485 →303 times
לִבְקָרִ֑יםto mornings
livkarimH1242 →214 times
לִ֝רְגָעִ֗יםto moments
lirgaimH7281 →22 times
תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃you test him
tivchanenuH974 →29 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Peter 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
it leads to
- James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 48:10
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Job 23:10
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- 1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
- James 1:3–4
because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
- James 1:12
Through
Daniel 12:10Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
it leads to
- Revelation 22:11
Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”
- Daniel 11:35
Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
- Hosea 14:9
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in…
- Revelation 22:11
Where this verse is studied
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About Job
This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Job; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Job; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book VIII; Hesychius of Jerusalem, HOMILIES ON JOB 10.7.18; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.