The Meaning of Job 7:18 Explained

Job 7:18

KJV: And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

YLT: And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?

Darby: And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?

ASV: And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 7:18?

MEANING: What does Job 7:18 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 7:18 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 7:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And [that] thou shouldest visit  him every morning,  [and] try  him every moment? 

What does Job 7:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 7:1-21 - Longing For The Evening
The servant eagerly longs for the lengthening shadow, which tells him that his day of labor is at an end, and we may allow ourselves to anticipate the hour of our reward and deliverance.
In plaintive words, which have so often been on the lips of heavy sufferers, Job tells the story of his sorrow and bitterness. The sufferer addresses God directly-almost suggesting at first that God was persecuting him without cause. Let those who have been disposed to think God unmindful and hard in His dealings, ponder these words. Even this saint of patience has trodden that path before them, and he came out right at last. But a softer tone follows; Job realizes that he has sinned, pleads to be forgiven, and asks that the word of forgiving love may not tarry, lest it be too late. The psalmist uses expressions similar to Job 7:17-18, but with a more wholesome application, Psalms 8:4; Psalms 144:3.
Notice that wonderful name for God-the watcher of men, Job 7:20, r.v. Not to discover their sins, but to learn their sorrows and needs with the intent of helping them with His saving strength. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 7

1  Job excuses his desire of death
12  He complains of his own restlessness, and reasons with God

What do the individual words in Job 7:18 mean?

That You should visit him every morning every moment [And] test him
וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ לִבְקָרִ֑ים לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים ؟ תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ

וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ  That  You  should  visit  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּקַד 
Sense: to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for.
לִבְקָרִ֑ים  every  morning 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֹּקֶר 
Sense: morning, break of day.
לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים  every  moment 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural
Root: רֶגַע  
Sense: a moment adv.
؟ תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ  [And]  test  him 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּחַן  
Sense: to examine, try, prove.

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