Job 7:5

"When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day."

Key Reflection

In Job 7:5, the protagonist laments his sleepless nights filled with restlessness and longing for daylight to end. This vivid description of insomnia captures the weariness and despair experienced by those in oppressive circumstances, highlighting how physical discomfort mirrors spiritual distress among the ancient Hebrews and Babylonians.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

My flesh is clothed with worms -Job here undoubtedly refers to his diseased state, and this is one of the passages by which we may learn the nature of his complaint; compare the notes atJob 2:7. There is reference here to the worms which are produced in ulcers and in other forms of disease. Michaelis remarks that such effects are produced often in the elephantiasis. Bochart, Hieroz. P. II, Lib. IV. c. xxvi. pp. 619–621, has abundantly proved that such effects occur in disease, and has mentioned several instances where death ensued from this cause; compareActs 12:23.

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