Job 7:4
If I lie down to sleep, I will say, “When will I rise?” And next I will hope for the evening and will be filled with sorrows even until darkness.
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In Context
3so also have I had empty months and have counted my burdensome nights.
5My flesh is clothed with particles of rottenness and filth; my skin is dried up and tightened.
Cross References
Job 7:13If I say, “My bed will comfort me, and I will find rest, speaking with myself on my blanket,”
Job 30:17At night, my bone is pierced with sorrows, and those who feed on me, do not sleep.
Psalms 77:4These things have not been hidden from their sons in any generation: declaring the praises of the Lord, and his virtues, and the wonders that he has done.
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 →