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Job 7:12 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Job 7:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 7 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?”
Job 7:12 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 7:12
Job questions why God treats him like dangerous cosmic forces requiring constant surveillance. The 'sea' (yam, יָם) and 'whale' (tannin, תַּנִּין, better translated as 'sea monster' or 'dragon') represent primordial chaos in ancient Near Eastern cosmology. In Canaanite mythology, Yam was the sea god requiring divine restraint. The verb 'settest a watch' (sim mishmar, שִׂים מִשְׁמָר) means to station a guard, suggesting God treats Job as a dangerous threat requiring containment.Job's rhetorical question protests the disproportion between God's power and Job's frailty. Why does the Almighty depl...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 7:12
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“take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt”
“that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.”
“that you should magnify him”