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I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I loathe it - I loathe my life as it is now. It has become a burden, and I desire to part with it and to go down to the grave. Ther…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I loathe it — that is, the thought of self-destruction; or, I loathe my life; or, according to others (see the margin), <…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Job seems to say, "I am too little for God to notice me; why does he take such great notice of me as to chasten me so severely?"

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I loathe [it]
Or "them" F11 , either his life, which was a weariness to him, or his bones, which were so …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Plain truths concerning the shortness and vanity of human life, and the certainty of death, do us good when we think and speak of them, applying th…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After demonstrating through arguments that Eliphaz's consolation of earthly prosperity was inconsistent, Job now shows the same thing by arguing fo…

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