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Job 7:16 Cross-References

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

Job 7:16 (KJV)

Commentary on Job 7:16

Job rejects continued existence: 'I loathe it' (ma'as, מָאַס, to reject, despise, refuse). The same verb described his loathsome skin (verse 5); now he applies it to life itself. 'I would not live alway' (olam, עוֹלָם) uses the Hebrew word typically translated 'forever' or 'eternal'—Job refuses immortality in his current state. He pleads 'let me alone' (chadal, חָדַל, cease, desist) because his 'days are vanity' (hebel, הֶבֶל), the same word used repeatedly in Ecclesiastes for meaninglessness and futility.Job's rejection of eternal life under current conditions illuminates a profound truth: me...

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