Job 7:3

So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed me.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

In Context

2Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay?

4Whenever I lie down, I say, When will it be day? and whenever I rise up, again I say when will it be evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning.

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Cross References

Job 16:7For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?

Job 29:2Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!

Psalms 6:7My eye is troubled because of my wrath; I am worn out because of all my enemies. 1

Ecclesiastes 1:14I saw all the works that were done under the sun; and, behold, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.

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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