Job 7:8 Explained in Context

Verse 7. ⁷ O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

Verse 8. ⁸ The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

Verse 9. ⁹ As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

Verse 10. ¹⁰ He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

Verse 11. ¹¹ Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Verse 12. ¹² Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

Verse 13. ¹³ When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Verse 14. ¹⁴ Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

Verse 15. ¹⁵ So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

Verse 16. ¹⁶ I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.