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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Job 7:6

Web. Hebrew, "the weaver's shuttle," chap. xvi. 23., and Isaias xxxviii. 12. (Haydock) --- The pagans have used the same comparison. But they make the three daughters of Necessity guide the thread of life. (Plato, Rep. xii.; Natal. iii. 6.) --- Septuagint, "my life is swifter than speech." Tetrapla, "than a runner." (Calmet) --- Hope. Heu fugit, &c. Ah! time is flying, never to return! (Haydock)

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See also Job 7:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 7:6. _SWIFTER THAN A WEAVER'S SHUTTLE_] The word ארג _areg_ signifies rather the _weaver_ than his _shuttle_. And it has been doubted whether any such instrument were in use in the days of...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    MY DAYS ARE SWIFTER THAN A WEAVER’S SHUTTLE - That is, they are short and few. He does not here refer so much to the rapidity with which they were passing away as to the fact that they would soon be g...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 6-7 JOB'S ANSWER _ 1. His Despair justified by the greatness of his suffering (Job 6:1)_ 2. He requests to be cut off (Job 6:8) 3. He reproacheth his friends (Job 6:14) 4. The misery of...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Job complains of the misery of his life and destiny. How is it that Job does not go on to maintain his innocence? Instead of this he proceeds to show how dreadfully he suffers, and to accuse God of cr...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    By his "days" is meant his life as a whole, not his individual days, which are far from passing quickly (Job 7:4); and "are spent" means, have been consumed (as Job 7:9), or, are come to an end (Genes...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND ARE SPENT WITHOUT HOPE— תקוה באפס ויכלו _vayiklu beaepes tikvah._ Literally, _And they are destroyed even to the extremity of hope._ Heath renders it, _And even the least glimmering of hope is at...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    5. God decrees what man receives. (Job 7:1-10) TEXT 7:1-10 7 IS THERE NOT A WARFARE TO MAN UPON EARTH? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? 2 As a servant that earnestly desireth the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _MY DAYS ARE SWIFTER THAN A WEAVER'S SHUTTLE, AND ARE SPENT WITHOUT HOPE._ Days. "I have cut off like a weaver my life" (Isaiah 38:12). Every day, like the weaver's shuttle, leaves a thread behind; a...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S FIRST SPEECH (CONCLUDED) 1-10. Job laments the hardship and misery of his destiny....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WEAVER'S SHUTTLE] the implement which carries the thread swiftly backwards and forwards in weaving. Job has just been longing for death, but yet he feels that length of days is desirable in itself if...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי ־אָ֑רֶג וַ֝ יִּכְל֗וּ ב

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Without waiting for their reply, Job broke out into a new lamentation, more bitter than the first, for it came out of a heart whose sorrow was aggravated by the misunderstanding of friends. Indeed, it...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    My days are swifter than (d) a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. (d) Thus he speaks in respect for the brevity of man's life, which passes without hope of returning: in consideration of w...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (1) В¶ Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? (2) As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward o...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _My flesh is clothed with worms_ Which were bred out of his corrupted flesh and sores, and which, it seems, covered him all over like a garment. _And clods of dust_ The dust of the earth on which he l...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and are spent without hope, vanish without hope of deliverance, just as the web on the loom of the weaver is cut off....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE GENERAL MISERY OF HUMAN LIFE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "MY DAYS ARE SWIFTER THAN. WEAVER'S SHUTTLE, AND COME TO AN END WITHOUT HOPE": Is Job contradicting himself here when he has first complained that life is too long (Job 7:3), and now that life is far...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 Job here excuses what he could not justify, his desire of death. Observe man's present place: he is upon earth. He is yet on earth, not in hell. Is there not a time appointed for his abode here?...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The time of my life hastens to a period; and therefore vain are those hopes which you give me of a restitution to my former prosperity in this world. A WEAVER'S SHUTTLE, which passeth in a moment from...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 7:6 days H3117 swifter H7043 (H8804) shuttle H708 spent H3615 (H8799) without H657 hope H8615 swifter -...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Job was sorely troubled by the cruel speeches of his friends, and he answered them out of the bitterness of his soul. What we are first about to read is a part of his language under those circumstance...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's answer to Eliphaz continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Eliphaz. CONCLUSION: We believe in the sun even when it is hidden behind a cloud, therefore we should not doubt the goodness of God...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 7:1. _Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?_ הלא צבא _hela zaba,_ Nonne militia est homini super terra, et sicut dies mercenarii dies ejus? “Is not the life of man a warfare upon the e...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle._ THE WEB OF LIFE These words fitly describe the quickness with which the days of our life glide away. The weaver at his frame swiftly throws the shuttle...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 7:1 In this chapter Job first bewails his miserable fate, of which he expects no alleviation (verses 1-10); then claims an unlimited right of complaint (verse 11); and finally enters i...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:13; 1 Peter 1:24; Ephesians 2:12; Isaiah 38:12; Isaiah 38:13

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Swifter — The time of my life hastens to a period. Shuttle — Which passes in a moment from one end of the web to the other. Hope — Of enjoying any good day here....

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