Job 7:4
When I He down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am wearied with tossings about till the dawn of day.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3So was I compelled to possess months of vanity, and nights of trouble were counted out unto me.
5My flesh is covered with worms and clods of dust: my skin is burst open, and become loathsome.
Cross References
Job 7:13For should I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall help me bear my complaint:
Job 30:17All night it holloweth out my bones out of my body; and my pursuers take no rest.
Psalms 77:4(77:5) Thou holdest my eyes awake: I am troubled and I cannot speak.
Psalms 130:6My soul [waiteth] for the Lord, more than they that watch for the morning expect 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 →