Job 7 · Verse 18

Job 7:18

And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
Job 7:18, King James Version

Job 7:18 in other translations

BSBthat You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
WEBthat you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
ASVAnd that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?
YLTAnd inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?
DARBYAnd that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?
BBEAnd that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?
WebsterAnd that thou shouldst visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

What does Job 7:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. With each new day (Psa 73:14). It is rather God's mercies, not our trials, that are new every morning (La 3:23). The idea is that of a shepherd taking count of his flock every morning, to see if all are there [Cocceius].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 7:17-21

Job reasons with God concerning his dealings with man. But in the midst of this discourse, Job seems to have lifted up his thoughts to God with some faith and hope. Observe the concern he is in about his sins. The best men have to complain of sin; and the better they are, the more they will complain of it. God is the Preserver of our lives, and the Saviour of the souls of all that believe; but probably Job meant the…

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Job 7:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּva.tif.ke.De.nuand you have visited himH6485
לִבְקָרִ֑יםliv.ka.Rimto morningsH1242
לִ֝רְגָעִ֗יםlir.ga.'Imto momentsH7281
תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ\׃tiv.cha.Ne.nuyou test himH974

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 7:18

  • 1 Peter 1:7

    That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

  • Jeremiah 9:7

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

  • Isaiah 38:12-13

    Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

  • Job 14:3

    And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • Genesis 22:1

    And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

  • Exodus 20:5

    Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

  • Deuteronomy 8:16

    Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

  • Daniel 12:10

    Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

  • Zechariah 13:9

    And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

  • Isaiah 26:14

    They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

  • Exodus 32:34

    Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
visit.
Ex 20:5; 32:34; Isa 26:14; 38:12,13
try.
Ge 22:1; De 8:16; Jer 9:7; Da 12:10; Zec 13:9; 1Pe 1:7

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Context

  • Job 7:17

    What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

  • Job 7:18

    And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

  • Job 7:19

    How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

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Job 7:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y lo visites todas las mañanas, y todos los momentos lo pruebes?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et que tu le visites chaque matin, que tu l’éprouves à tout moment?
German
Elberfelder 1871
und alle Morgen ihn heimsuchst, alle Augenblicke ihn prüfst?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Visitas eum diluculo, et subito probas illum.