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Job 7:18
that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses God directly during a period of intense suffering, questioning why divine focus remains fixed on a fragile human life. The words — The Hebrew תִּפְקְדֶנּוּ (tifqedenû) and תִּבְחָנֶנּוּ (tivḥānenû) literally mean "you attend to him" and "you test him," modified by לִבְקָרִים (libqārîm, "to mornings") and לִרְגָעִים (lirəḡāʿîm, "to moments") to establish an unbroken temporal frame. The thread — The theme of divine examination recurs in Jeremiah 9:7, where God states He will refine and test His people, and in 1 Peter 1:7, which links tested faith to gold refined by fire. Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that human life exists under continuous divine observation, demanding a clear-eyed assessment of one's standing before an unceasing examiner.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
Cross-references
- Isaiah 38:12 My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
- Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
- 1 Peter 1:7 so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Genesis 22:1 Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
- Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
- Deuteronomy 8:16 He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
- Job 14:3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
- Isaiah 26:14 The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.
- Daniel 12:10 Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
- Zechariah 13:9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”