Verse 19
Job 7:19
Literal Standard Version
19
How long do You not look from me? You do not desist until I swallow my spittle.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כַּ֭/מָּה לֹא תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑/נִּי לֹֽא תַ֝רְפֵּ֗/נִי עַד בִּלְעִ֥/י רֻקִּֽ/י
English Translation
Why do you not bear from me? Do not let me go until my ruin.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
1
“Is there not warfare to man on earth? And his days as the days of a hired worker?
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As a servant desires the shadow, || And as a hired worker expects his wage,
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So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, || And they numbered nights of misery to me.
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If I lay down, then I have said, When do I rise, || And evening has been measured? And I have been f...
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5
My flesh has been clothed with worms, || And a clod of dust, || My skin has been shriveled and is lo...
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6
My days swifter than a loom, || And they are consumed without hope.
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Remember that my life is a breath, || My eye does not turn back to see good.
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The eye of my beholder does not behold me. Your eyes are on me—and I am not.
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9
A cloud has been consumed, and it goes, || So he who is going down to Sheol does not come up.
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10
He does not turn to his house again, || Nor does his place discern him again.
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11
Also I do not withhold my mouth—I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my...
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12
Am I a sea monster, or a dragon, || That You set a watch over me?
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13
When I said, My bed comforts me, || In my talking He takes away my couch.
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14
And You have frightened me with dreams, || And You terrify me from visions,
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15
And my soul chooses strangling, || Death rather than my bones.
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16
I have wasted away—I do not live for all time. Cease from me, for my days are vanity.
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17
What is man that You magnify him? And that You set Your heart to him?
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And inspect him in the mornings, || And in the evenings try him?
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19
How long do You not look from me? You do not desist until I swallow my spittle.
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I have sinned, what do I do to You, || O watcher of man? Why have You set me for a mark to You, || A...
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21
You do not take away my transgression, || And do not cause my iniquity to pass away, || Because now,...
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