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Job 7:19

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7:19Will you never65 look away from me,66

will you not let me alone67

long enough to swallow my spittle?

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Footnotes

  1. 65 Heb “according to what [= how long] will you not look away from me.”
  2. 66 The verb שָׁעָה (sha’ah, “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.
  3. 67 The Hiphil of רָפָה (rafah) means “to leave someone alone.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

How long will you not look away from me,

nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Will you never look away from me,

or let me alone even for an instant?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Will you ever look away from me,

or leave me alone long enough to swallow?

NLTNew Living Translation

Why won’t you leave me alone,

at least long enough for me to swallow!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

How long will you not turn away from me?

Or not leave me alone until I swallow my spit?

KJV 1900King James Version

How long wilt thou not depart from me,

Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?