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Job 7:19
New English Translation
Job 7:19
New English Translation
19 Will you never[a] look away from me,[b]
will you not let me alone[c]
long enough to swallow my spittle?
Footnotes
- Job 7:19 tn Heb “according to what [= how long] will you not look away from me.”
- Job 7:19 tn The verb שָׁעָה (shaʿah, “to look”) with the preposition מִן (min) means “to look away from; to avert one’s gaze.” Job wonders if God would not look away from him even briefly, for the constant vigilance is killing him.
- Job 7:19 tn The Hiphil of רָפָה (rafah) means “to leave someone alone.”
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