Passage Research
Job 7 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Job 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Job 7 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׂכִיר | sâkîyr | H7916 | 2 | at wages |
| שִׂיחַ | sîyach | H7878 | 2 | ponder, converse |
| אֱנוֹשׁ | ʼĕnôwsh | H582 | 2 | mortal, man |
| עַיִן | ʻayin | H5869 | 3 | eye, fountain |
| מָאַס | mâʼaç | H3988 | 2 | spurn, disappear |
| עָפָר | ʻâphâr | H6083 | 2 | dust, clay |
| שָׁכַב | shâkab | H7901 | 2 | lie down |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Job 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Job reasons with God concerning his dealings with man. But in the midst of this discourse, Job seems to have lifted up his thoughts to God with some faith and hope. Observe the concern he is in about his sins. The best men have to complain of sin; and the better they are, the more they will complain of it. God is the Preserver of our lives, and the Saviour of the souls of all that believe; but probably Job meant the Observer of men, whose eyes are upon the ways and hearts of all men. We can hide nothing from Him; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 7:17–30 (Public Domain)
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