JOB EXCUSES HIS DESIRE FOR DEATH. (Job 7:1-21) appointed time--better, "a warfare," hard conflict with evil (so in Isa 40:2; Dan 10:1). Translate it "appointed time" (Job 14:14). Job reverts to the sad picture of man,…
1¿No es acaso brega la vida del hombre sobre la tierra, Y sus días como los días del jornalero?
2Como el siervo suspira por la sombra, Y como el jornalero espera el reposo de su trabajo,
3Así he recibido meses de calamidad, Y noches de trabajo me dieron por cuenta.
4Cuando estoy acostado, digo: ¿Cuándo me levantaré? Mas la noche es larga, y estoy lleno de inquietudes hasta el alba.
5Mi carne está vestida de gusanos, y de costras de polvo; Mi piel hendida y abominable.
6Y mis días fueron más veloces que la lanzadera del tejedor, Y fenecieron sin esperanza.
7Acuérdate que mi vida es un soplo, Y que mis ojos no volverán a ver el bien.
8Los ojos de los que me ven, no me verán más; Fijarás en mí tus ojos, y dejaré de ser.
9Como la nube se desvanece y se va, Así el que desciende al Seol no subirá;
10No volverá más a su casa, Ni su lugar le conocerá más.
11Por tanto, no refrenaré mi boca; Hablaré en la angustia de mi espíritu, Y me quejaré con la amargura de mi alma.
12¿Soy yo el mar, o un monstruo marino, Para que me pongas guarda?
13Cuando digo: Me consolará mi lecho, Mi cama atenuará mis quejas;
14Entonces me asustas con sueños, Y me aterras con visiones.
15Y así mi alma tuvo por mejor la estrangulación, Y quiso la muerte más que mis huesos.
16Abomino de mi vida; no he de vivir para siempre; Déjame, pues, porque mis días son vanidad.
17¿Qué es el hombre, para que lo engrandezcas, Y para que pongas sobre él tu corazón,
18Y lo visites todas las mañanas, Y todos los momentos lo pruebes?
19¿Hasta cuándo no apartarás de mí tu mirada, Y no me soltarás siquiera hasta que trague mi saliva?
20Si he pecado, ¿qué puedo hacerte a ti, oh Guarda de los hombres? ¿Por qué me pones por blanco tuyo, Hasta convertirme en una carga para mí mismo?
21¿Y por qué no quitas mi rebelión, y perdonas mi iniquidad? Porque ahora dormiré en el polvo, Y si me buscares de mañana, ya no existiré.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. earnestly desireth--Hebrew, "pants for the [evening] shadow." Easterners measure time by the leng…
earnestly desireth--Hebrew, "pants for the [evening] shadow." Easterners measure time by the length of their shadow. If the servant longs for the evening when his wages are paid, why may not Job long for the close of his hard service, when he shall enter on his "reward?" This proves that Job did not, as many maintain, regard the grave as a mere sleep.
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II. --Months of comfortless misfortune.
--Months of comfortless misfortune.
I am made to possess--literally, "to be heir to." Irony. "To be heir to," is usually a matter of joy; but here it is the entail of an involuntary and dismal inheritance.
Months--for days, to express its long duration.
Appointed--literally, "they have numbered to me"; marking well the unavoidable doom assigned to him.
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III. Literally, "When shall be the flight of the night?" [GESENIUS]. UMBREIT, not so well, "The night …
Literally, "When shall be the flight of the night?" [GESENIUS]. UMBREIT, not so well, "The night is long extended"; literally, "measured out" (so Margin).
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IV. In elephantiasis maggots are bred in the sores (Act 12:23; Isa 14:11).
In elephantiasis maggots are bred in the sores (Act 12:23; Isa 14:11).
clods of dust--rather, a crust of dried filth and accumulated corruption (Job 2:7-8).
my skin is broken and . . . loathsome--rather, comes together so as to heal up, and again breaks out with running matter [GESENIUS]. More simply the Hebrew is, "My skin rests (for a time) and (again) melts away" (Psa 58:7).
V
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V. (Isa 38:12). Every day like the weaver's shuttle leaves a thread behind; and each shall wear, as …
(Isa 38:12). Every day like the weaver's shuttle leaves a thread behind; and each shall wear, as he weaves. But Job's thought is that his days must swiftly be cut off as a web;
without hope--namely, of a recovery and renewal of life (Job 14:19; Ch1 29:15).
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VI. Address to God.
Address to God.
Wind--a picture of evanescence (Psa 78:39).
shall no more see--rather, "shall no more return to see good." This change from the different wish in Job 3:17, &c., is most true to nature. He is now in a softer mood; a beam from former days of prosperity falling upon memory and the thought of the unseen world, where one is seen no more (Job 7:8), drew from him an expression of regret at leaving this world of light (Ecc 11:7); so Hezekiah (Isa 38:11). Grace rises above nature (Co2 5:8).
VII
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VII. The eye of him who beholds me (present, not past), that is, in the very act of beholding me, seet…
The eye of him who beholds me (present, not past), that is, in the very act of beholding me, seeth me no more.
Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not--He disappears, even while God is looking upon him. Job cannot survive the gaze of Jehovah (Psa 104:32; Rev 20:11). Not, "Thine eyes seek me and I am not to be found"; for God's eye penetrates even to the unseen world (Psa 139:8). UMBREIT unnaturally takes "thine" to refer to one of the three friends.
VIII
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VIII. (Sa2 12:23).
(Sa2 12:23).
the grave--the Sheol, or place of departed spirits, not disproving Job's belief in the resurrection. It merely means, "He shall come up no more" in the present order of things.
IX
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IX. (Psa 103:16). The Oriental keenly loves his dwelling. In Arabian elegies the desertion of abodes …
(Psa 103:16). The Oriental keenly loves his dwelling. In Arabian elegies the desertion of abodes by their occupants is often a theme of sorrow. Grace overcomes this also (Luk 18:29; Act 4:34).
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X. Therefore, as such is my hard lot, I will at least have the melancholy satisfaction of venting my…
Therefore, as such is my hard lot, I will at least have the melancholy satisfaction of venting my sorrow in words. The Hebrew opening words, "Therefore I, at all events," express self-elevation [UMBREIT].
XI
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XI. Why dost thou deny me the comfort of care-assuaging sleep? Why scarest thou me with frightful dre…
Why dost thou deny me the comfort of care-assuaging sleep? Why scarest thou me with frightful dreams?
Am I a sea--regarded in Old Testament poetry as a violent rebel against God, the Lord of nature, who therefore curbs his violence (Jer 5:22).
or a whale--or some other sea monster (Isa 27:1), that Thou needest thus to watch and curb me? The Egyptians watched the crocodile most carefully to prevent its doing mischief.
XII
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XII. The frightful dreams resulting from elephantiasis he attributes to God; the common belief assigne…
The frightful dreams resulting from elephantiasis he attributes to God; the common belief assigned all night visions to God.
XIII
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XIII. UMBREIT translates, "So that I could wish to strangle myself--dead by my own hands." He softens t…
UMBREIT translates, "So that I could wish to strangle myself--dead by my own hands." He softens this idea of Job's harboring the thought of suicide, by representing it as entertained only in agonizing dreams, and immediately repudiated with horror in Job 7:16, "Yet that (self-strangling) I loathe." This is forcible and graphic. Perhaps the meaning is simply, "My soul chooses (even) strangling (or any violent death) rather than my life," literally, "my bones" (Psa 35:10); that is, rather than the wasted and diseased skeleton, left to him. In this view, "I loathe it" (Job 7:16) refers to his life.
XIV
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XIV. Let me alone--that is, cease to afflict me for the few and vain days still left to me.
Let me alone--that is, cease to afflict me for the few and vain days still left to me.
XV
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XV. (Psa 8:4; Psa 144:3). Job means, "What is man that thou shouldst make him [of so much importance]…
(Psa 8:4; Psa 144:3). Job means, "What is man that thou shouldst make him [of so much importance], and that thou shouldst expend such attention [or, heart-thought] upon him" as to make him the subject of so severe trials? Job ought rather to have reasoned from God's condescending so far to notice man as to try him, that there must be a wise and loving purpose in trial. David uses the same words, in their right application, to express wonder that God should do so much as He does for insignificant man. Christians who know God manifest in the man Christ Jesus may use them still more.
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16. With each new day (Psa 73:14). It is rather God's mercies, not our trials, that are new every mor…
With each new day (Psa 73:14). It is rather God's mercies, not our trials, that are new every morning (Lam 3:23). The idea is that of a shepherd taking count of his flock every morning, to see if all are there [COCCEIUS].
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17. How long (like a jealous keeper) wilt thou never take thine eyes off (so the Hebrew for "depart f…
How long (like a jealous keeper) wilt thou never take thine eyes off (so the Hebrew for "depart from") me? Nor let me alone for a brief respite (literally, "so long as I take to swallow my spittle"), an Arabic proverb, like our, "till I draw my breath."
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18. I have sinned--Yet what sin can I do against ("to," Job 35:6) thee (of such a nature that thou sh…
I have sinned--Yet what sin can I do against ("to," Job 35:6) thee (of such a nature that thou shouldst jealously watch and deprive me of all strength, as if thou didst fear me)? Yet thou art one who hast men ever in view, ever watchest them--O thou Watcher (Job 7:12; Dan 9:14) of men. Job had borne with patience his trials, as sent by God (Job 1:21; Job 2:10); only his reason cannot reconcile the ceaseless continuance of his mental and bodily pains with his ideas of the divine nature.
set me as a mark--Wherefore dost thou make me thy point of attack? that is, ever assail me with new pains? [UMBREIT] (Lam 3:12).
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19. for now--very soon.
for now--very soon.
in the morning--not the resurrection; for then Job will be found. It is a figure, from one seeking a sick man in the morning, and finding he has died in the night. So Job implies that, if God does not help him at once, it will be too late, for he will be gone. The reason why God does not give an immediate sense of pardon to awakened sinners is that they think they have a claim on God for it.
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Job — Capítulo 7
JOB EXCUSES HIS DESIRE FOR DEATH. (Job 7:1-21) appointed time--better, "a warfare," hard conflict with evil (so in Isa 40:2; Dan 10:1). Translate it "appointed time" (Job 14:14). Job reverts to the sad picture of man,…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1¿No es acaso brega la vida del hombre sobre la tierra, Y sus días como los días del jornalero?
2Como el siervo suspira por la sombra, Y como el jornalero espera el reposo de su trabajo,
3Así he recibido meses de calamidad, Y noches de trabajo me dieron por cuenta.
4Cuando estoy acostado, digo: ¿Cuándo me levantaré? Mas la noche es larga, y estoy lleno de inquietudes hasta el alba.
5Mi carne está vestida de gusanos, y de costras de polvo; Mi piel hendida y abominable.
6Y mis días fueron más veloces que la lanzadera del tejedor, Y fenecieron sin esperanza.
7Acuérdate que mi vida es un soplo, Y que mis ojos no volverán a ver el bien.
8Los ojos de los que me ven, no me verán más; Fijarás en mí tus ojos, y dejaré de ser.
9Como la nube se desvanece y se va, Así el que desciende al Seol no subirá;
10No volverá más a su casa, Ni su lugar le conocerá más.
11Por tanto, no refrenaré mi boca; Hablaré en la angustia de mi espíritu, Y me quejaré con la amargura de mi alma.
12¿Soy yo el mar, o un monstruo marino, Para que me pongas guarda?
13Cuando digo: Me consolará mi lecho, Mi cama atenuará mis quejas;
14Entonces me asustas con sueños, Y me aterras con visiones.
15Y así mi alma tuvo por mejor la estrangulación, Y quiso la muerte más que mis huesos.
16Abomino de mi vida; no he de vivir para siempre; Déjame, pues, porque mis días son vanidad.
17¿Qué es el hombre, para que lo engrandezcas, Y para que pongas sobre él tu corazón,
18Y lo visites todas las mañanas, Y todos los momentos lo pruebes?
19¿Hasta cuándo no apartarás de mí tu mirada, Y no me soltarás siquiera hasta que trague mi saliva?
20Si he pecado, ¿qué puedo hacerte a ti, oh Guarda de los hombres? ¿Por qué me pones por blanco tuyo, Hasta convertirme en una carga para mí mismo?
21¿Y por qué no quitas mi rebelión, y perdonas mi iniquidad? Porque ahora dormiré en el polvo, Y si me buscares de mañana, ya no existiré.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. earnestly desireth--Hebrew, "pants for the [evening] shadow." Easterners measure time by the leng…
Versículo 3
II. --Months of comfortless misfortune.
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III. Literally, "When shall be the flight of the night?" [GESENIUS]. UMBREIT, not so well, "The night …
Versículo 5
IV. In elephantiasis maggots are bred in the sores (Act 12:23; Isa 14:11).
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V. (Isa 38:12). Every day like the weaver's shuttle leaves a thread behind; and each shall wear, as …
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VI. Address to God.
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VII. The eye of him who beholds me (present, not past), that is, in the very act of beholding me, seet…
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VIII. (Sa2 12:23).
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IX. (Psa 103:16). The Oriental keenly loves his dwelling. In Arabian elegies the desertion of abodes …
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X. Therefore, as such is my hard lot, I will at least have the melancholy satisfaction of venting my…
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XI. Why dost thou deny me the comfort of care-assuaging sleep? Why scarest thou me with frightful dre…
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XII. The frightful dreams resulting from elephantiasis he attributes to God; the common belief assigne…
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XIII. UMBREIT translates, "So that I could wish to strangle myself--dead by my own hands." He softens t…
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XIV. Let me alone--that is, cease to afflict me for the few and vain days still left to me.
Versículo 17
XV. (Psa 8:4; Psa 144:3). Job means, "What is man that thou shouldst make him [of so much importance]…
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16. With each new day (Psa 73:14). It is rather God's mercies, not our trials, that are new every mor…
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17. How long (like a jealous keeper) wilt thou never take thine eyes off (so the Hebrew for "depart f…
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18. I have sinned--Yet what sin can I do against ("to," Job 35:6) thee (of such a nature that thou sh…
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19. for now--very soon.