Job 7:13
When I lie down at night, I think, ‘I will be comforted here on my bed; my pain will be less while I am sleeping.’
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
In Context
12God, why do you watch closely what I am doing? Do you think that I am a dangerous sea monster?
14But then you give me dreams that cause me to be afraid; you give me visions that terrify me,
Cross References
Job 7:3God has given me many months in which I think that it is useless to remain alive; he has allotted/given to me many nights during which I feel miserable.
Psalms 6:6I am exhausted/groan from my pain. At night I cry very much, with the result that my bed and my pillow become wet from my tears.
Matthew Henry on Job 7:8-17
7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou… Read the whole commentary →