Job 7:4
When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
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In Context
3So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
Cross References
Job 7:13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
Job 30:17Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
Psalms 77:4You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
Psalms 130:6My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait 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 →