Job 7:4

When I lie down, I say, Mosai (how long) till I arise? 1 But the erev drags on, and I am full of tossings to and fro unto dawn. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 am I made to possess months of shav (vanity, futility), 1 and lailot amal (nights of weariness) are appointed to me. 1

5My basar is clothed with worm and clod of aphar; 1 my ohr (skin) is broken, and become loathsome. 1

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Cross References

Job 7:13When I say, My bed shall give me nachamah (comfort), 1 my couch shall ease my complaint, 1

Job 30:17My atzmot are pierced in me in the night, 1 and my gnawing pains take no rest. 1

Psalms 77:4I remembered Elohim, and groaned; 1 I pondered, and my ruach was overwhelmed. 1 Selah 1

Psalms 130:6My nefesh waiteth for Adonoi 1 more than the shomrim that watch for the boker; 1 I say, more than the shomrim that watch for the boker. 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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