Job 7:4

Whenever I lie down, I say, When will it be day? 1 And whenever I rise up, again I say when will it be evening? 1 And I am full of pains from evening to morning. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3So have I also endured months of vanity, 1 And nights of pain have been appointed me. 1

5And my body is covered with loathsome worms; 1 And I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption. 1

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Cross References

Job 7:13I said that my bed should comfort me, 1 And I would privately counsel with myself on my couch. 1

Job 30:17And by night my bones are confounded; 1 And my sinews are relaxed. 1

Psalms 77:4They were not hidden from their children to a second generation; 1 The fathers declaring the praises of the Lord, 1 And his mighty acts, 1 And his wonders which he wrought. 1

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 →

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