Job 7:1 | JFB | STEP | 1. appointed time-- better, "a warfare," hard conflict with evil (so in ; ). Translate it "appointed time" ( ). Job reverts to the sad picture of man, however great, which he had drawn ( ), and details in this chapter the miseries which his friends will see, if, according to his request ( ), they will look on him. Even the Christian soldier, "warring a good warfare," rejoices when it is completed ( ; ; , ).

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CHAPTER 7 Job 7:1-21. Job Excuses His Desire for Death.

1. appointed time--better, "a warfare," hard conflict with evil (so in Is 40:2; Da 10:1). Translate it "appointed time" (Job 14:14). Job reverts to the sad picture of man, however great, which he had drawn (Job 3:14), and details in this chapter the miseries which his friends will see, if, according to his request (Job 6:28), they will look on him. Even the Christian soldier, "warring a good warfare," rejoices when it is completed (1Ti 1:18; 2Ti 2:3; 4:7, 8).