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Job 7:12

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

[Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

Job 7:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 7:12

Theological / Devotional

A sea. Job asks, Am I like a raging and tumultuous sea that it is necessary to restrain and confine me? Whale. Heb. tannin, “sea monster” (see on Gen. 1:21), “dragon” (LXX). Possibly the crocodile. Job inquires, Am I like a dangerous monster that has to be kept under guard?

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