King James Version
Job 7:16 in the King James Version says “I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.” — study this verse from Job chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.”
Job 7:16 · KJV
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. life: Heb. bones
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“alway”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“it I would not live”
H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
“let me alone”
H2308properly, to be flabby, i.e., (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“are vanity”
H1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
“for my days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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