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Job 7:6 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Job 7:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 7 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.”
Job 7:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 7:6
Job employs the metaphor of a weaver's shuttle (ereg, אֶרֶג) to describe time's swift passage. The shuttle flies back and forth with remarkable speed, creating fabric in what seems an instant—yet Job's days pass with equal rapidity 'without hope' (ephes tiqvah, אֶפֶס תִּקְוָה). The Hebrew ephes means 'nothingness' or 'cessation,' while tiqvah denotes expectation or confident waiting. Job's days hurtle toward death without any confident expectation of relief or meaning.This verse articulates profound despair: not merely suffering, but suffering without purpose or anticipated resolution. The Ref...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 7:6
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“who shall see it?”
“my plans are broken off”
“but in death”
“I shall go the way from whence I shall not return.”
“All flesh is like grass, and all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;,For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:,,,,,,,,”
“Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”
“his days are like grass. As a flower of the field”
“and is carried away from me like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up”
“Cry! One said”