Job 7:19 BSB — MannaFest

Job 7:19

Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

KJV

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

How long wilt thou not depart? - How long is this to continue? The same word occurs in Job 14:6. The word rendered “depart” שׁעה shâ‛âh means to look, to look around, and then to look away from anyone or anything. The idea here is, that God had fixed his eyes upon Job, and he asks with anxiety, how long this was to continue, and when he would turn his eyes away; compare the notes at Job 7:8. Schultens supposes that the metaphor here is taken from combatants, who never take their eyes from their antagonists.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

How long (like a jealous keeper) wilt thou never take thine eyes off (so the Hebrew for "depart from") me? Nor let me alone for a brief respite (literally, "so long as I take to swallow my spittle"), an Arabic proverb, like our, "till I draw my breath."

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כַּ֭מָּה	Ka.mah	how long?	H4100 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תִשְׁעֶ֣ה	tish.'Eh	will you look away	H8159 →
מִמֶּ֑נִּי	mi.Me.ni	from me	H4480 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי	tar.Pe.ni	will you let alone? me	H7503 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
בִּלְעִ֥י	bil.'I	swallow I	H1104 →
רֻקִּֽי׃	ru.Ki	spittle my	H7536 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 6:10
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
leads to
- Revelation 19:2
  For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her…
- Psalms 9:12
  For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- Revelation 11:18
  The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your…
- Luke 18:7–8
  Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
- Revelation 16:5–7
  And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.
Through
Psalms 6:3
My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
leads to
- Psalms 90:13
  Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
Through
Job 14:6
look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
leads to
- Psalms 39:13
  Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
- Job 7:1–2
  “Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About Job