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Job 7

Job 7:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Howg long
mah (Hebrew #4100)
or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh}; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
KJV usage: how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Pronounce: maw
Origin: or mah {mah}
wilt thou not depart
sha`ah (Hebrew #8159)
to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildered
KJV usage: depart, be dim, be dismayed, look (away), regard, have respect, spare, turn.
Pronounce: shaw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
from me, nor let me alone
raphah (Hebrew #7503)
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
till I swallow down
bala` (Hebrew #1104)
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
KJV usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Pronounce: baw-lah'
Origin: a primitive root
my spittle
roq (Hebrew #7536)
spittle
KJV usage: spit(-ting, -tle).
Pronounce: roke
Origin: from 7556
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Psa. 80:4• 4Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people? (Psa. 80:4)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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How long.
Job 9:18• 18He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses. (Job 9:18)
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Psa. 6:3• 3And my soul trembleth exceedingly: and thou, Jehovah, till how long? (Psa. 6:3)
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Psa. 13:1‑3• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
 2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, with sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
 3Consider, answer me, O Jehovah my God! lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; (Psa. 13:1‑3)
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Psa. 94:3• 3How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph? (Psa. 94:3)
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Rev. 6:10• 10and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O sovereign Ruler, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth? (Rev. 6:10)
• He scarce has time to draw a quiet breath “to swallow down my spittle?” Sad indeed is the case of one who can find no relief even in God. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?