Job 7:4
When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
3So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.
5My flesh is covered with worms and dust; my skin gets hard and then is cracked again.
Cross References
Job 7:13When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;
Job 30:17The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.
Psalms 77:4\77:3\I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)
Psalms 130:6My soul is watching for the Lord more than those who are watching for the morning; yes, more than the watchers for the morning.
Matthew Henry on Job 7:2-7
Job's Reply to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling? 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my… Read the whole commentary →