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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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JOB'S FIRST SPEECH (CONCLUDED)
1-10. Job laments the hardship and misery of his destiny....
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 7
JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY T...
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יָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי ־אָ֑רֶג וַ֝
יִּכְל֗וּ בְּ אֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃...
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VIII.
MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARING
Job 6:1; Job 7:1
Job SPEAKS
WORST to endure of all things is the grief that preys on a man's own
heart because no channel outside self is provided for the hot strea...
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LONGING FOR THE EVENING
Job 7:1
The servant eagerly longs for the lengthening shadow, which tells him
that his day of labor is at an end, and we may allow ourselves to
anticipate the hour of our rew...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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(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...
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Job's Answer to Eliphaz
I. INTRODUCTION
I. Job 7:1 (NKJV) "[Is] [there] not a time of hard service for man on
earth? [Are] [not] his days also like the days of a hired man?
Job 7:2 Like a servant w...
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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...
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MY DAYS ARE SWIFTER THAN A WEAVER'S SHUTTLE,.... Which moves very
swiftly, being thrown quick and fast to and fro; some versions render
it "a racer" b one that runs a race on foot, or rides on horseba...
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My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without
hope.
Ver. 6. My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle] Which is of a
very swift and sudden motion. Nights and days pass the shut...
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_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...
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THE GENERAL MISERY OF HUMAN LIFE...
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DOES GOD NOT RECOMPENSE GOOD DEEDS?
(vv.1-16)
Job's questions in verse 1 indicate why he was so distressed at God's
dealings. No doubt too his friends would agree to his questions. "Is
there not a...
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"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...
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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?...
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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...
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Job 7:6 days H3117 swifter H7043 (H8804) shuttle H708 spent H3615
(H8799) without H657 hope H8615
swifter - Job 9:25, Job 16:22, Job 17:11; Psalms 90:5-6, Psalms
102:11,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_CONTINUATION OF JOB’S SPEECH_
Job ceases to altercate with Eliphaz and to defend himself. Resumes
his complaints, and ends by addressing himself to God.
I. COMPLAINS OF THE GENERAL LOT OF HUMANITY...
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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...
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Is there not an appointed time to man upon the earth? are not his days
also like the days of a hireling? As a servant earnestly desires the
shadow (Job 7:1-2),
That is, the shadow of the clock going...
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1 Peter 1:13; 1 Peter 1:24; Ephesians 2:12; Isaiah 38:12; Isaiah
38:13; Isaiah 40:6; Isaiah 40:7; James 1:11; James 4:14; Jeremiah
2:25;...
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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....