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Job 7:16

Job 7:16
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I loathe it,.... Or "them" (k), either his life, which was a weariness to him, or his bones, which were so painful and nauseous; or rather, "I am become loathsome", to himself, to his servants, and to…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I loathe it - I loathe my life as it is now. It has become a burden and I desire to part with it, and to go down to the grave. There is, however, considerable variety in the interpretation of this.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 7:7-16

Job, observing perhaps that his friends, though they would not interrupt him in his discourse, yet began to grow weary, and not to heed much what he said, here turns to God, and speaks to him. If men…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

So keenly does he realize the misery of his condition and the intolerable painfulness of his life, that he breaks out into a passionate cry that he hates and is weary of life I loatheit. The object of…