Job 7:3
So am I made to possess months of shav (vanity, futility), 1 and lailot amal (nights of weariness) are appointed to me. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
In Context
2As an eved earnestly longeth for tzel (shade), 1 and as a sachir waiteth for the wage of his work, 1
Cross References
Job 16:7But now He hath worn me out; 1 Thou hast made desolate kol adat (whole household) of me. 1
Job 29:2Oh that I were as in months past, 1 as in the days when Eloah was shomer over me; 1
Psalms 6:7I am weary with my groaning; 1 all the lailah flood I my mittah with weeping; 1 I water my couch with my tears. 1
Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the ma'asim that are done under the shemesh; and, hinei, all is hevel and chasing after ruach (wind). 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 →