Job 7:18
16 I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17 What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
19 Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You ?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
- KJV
- And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
- WEB
- that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
- ASV
- And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?
- DARBY
- And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?
- BLB
- that You attend to him in the mornings; in the moments You will test him?
- ÅB
- at du oppsøker ham hver morgen og prøver ham hvert øyeblikk?
- OTB
- At Du ser til ham hver morgen
Og prøver ham hvert øyeblikk? - B1930
- at du opsøker ham hver morgen og prøver ham hvert øieblikk?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 1:7
so 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:7
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
Read in contextIsaiah 38:12–13
My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
Read in contextJob 14:3
Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
Read in contextGenesis 22:1
Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
Read in contextExodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:16
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
Read in contextDaniel 12:10
Many 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.
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