Job 16:7

“But now he hath made me weary, etc.] Or “it hath made me weary” f651 , that is, “my grief”, as it may be supplied from (<181606>Job 16:6); or rather God, as appears from the next clause, and from the following verse, where he is manifestly addressed; who by afflicting him had made him weary of the world, and all things in it, even of his very life, (<181001>Job 10:1); his afflictions were so heavy upon him, and pressed him so hard, that his life was a burden to him; they were heavier than the sand of the sea, and his strength was not equal to them; he could scarcely drag along, was ready to sink and lie down under the weight of them: thou hast made desolate all my company, or “congregation”…”

“But now--rather, "ah!" he--God. company--rather, "band of witnesses," namely, those who could attest his innocence (his children, servants, &c.). So the same Hebrew is translated in Job 16:8. UMBREIT makes his "band of witnesses," himself, for, alas! he had no other witness for him. But this is too recondite.”

“But now he hath made me weary - That is, God has exhausted my strength. This verse introduces a new description of his sufferings; and he begins with a statement of the woes that God had brought on him. The first was, that he had taken away all his strength. All my company - The word rendered “company” (עדה ‛êdâh) means properly an assembly that comes together by appointment, or at stated times; but here it is evidently used in the sense of the little community of which Job was the head and father. The sense is, that all his family had been destroyed. return to 'Top of Page'”

“He - God, as appears by the following words. Weary - Either of complaining, or, of my life. Desolate - Hast turned my society into desolation, by destroying my children and servants. Job 16:9”

“16:7 Job’s family here means his extended household, including his servants (1:15-19).”

“he hath: Job 3:17, Job 7:3, Job 7:16, Job 10:1; Psa 6:6, Psa 6:7; Pro 3:11, Pro 3:12; Isa 50:4; Mic 6:13 hast made: Job 1:15-19, 29:5-25 Job 16:8”