Job 7:17-19 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Job 7:17-18: 7:17-18 that you should make so much of us: Cp. Ps 8:4-5 , which treats the same thoughts positively. • examine (Hebrew paqad ): In Ps 8:4 , the same term means “to honor or care for”; Job used the term ironically, meaning “to be pestered” (cp. “attacked,” Isa 26:14 ).

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bPs 8:4-5►

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dIsa 26:14►

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fNum 6:25►

gPss 27:9►

h69:17►

i80:3►

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lLam 1:9►

‏ Job 7:17-19

Summary for Job 7:17-18: 7:17-18 ^a that you should make so much of us: Cp. Ps 8:4-5 ^b, which treats the same thoughts positively.

• examine (Hebrew paqad): In Ps 8:4 ^c, the same term means “to honor or care for”; Job used the term ironically, meaning “to be pestered” (cp. “attacked,” Isa 26:14 ^d).
7:19 ^e Won’t you leave me alone (literally How long will you not look away from me): Job sought the opposite of the watchful care that faithful people usually seek (Num 6:25 ^f; Pss 27:9 ^g; 69:17 ^h; 80:3 ⁱ, 7 ^j, 19 ^k; Lam 1:9 ^l).

• to swallow: This is equivalent to “a chance to catch my breath.”