Job 7:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 7:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 7:16 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 7:16 — KJV
“I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.”
— Job 7:16 (KJV)
Job 7:16 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 7:16
“But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:16: live, let, days
“But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:16: would, live, let
“Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. that...: Heb. that the revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy”
Shares key themes with Job 7:16: would, live, let
“He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. He trusted...: Heb. He rolled himself on seeing...: or, if he delight in”
Shares key themes with Job 7:16: would, live, let
“Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. Live...: Heb. See, or, Enjoy life”
Shares key themes with Job 7:16: live, days, vanity
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