Job 7:3
So haue I had as an inheritance the moneths of vanitie, and painefull nights haue bene appointed vnto me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
In Context
2As a seruant longeth for the shadowe, and as an hyreling looketh for the ende of his worke,
Cross References
Job 16:7But now hee maketh mee wearie: O God, thou hast made all my congregation desolate,
Job 29:2Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserued me!
Psalms 6:7Mine eye is dimmed for despight, and sunke in because of all mine enemies.
Ecclesiastes 1:14I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the 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 →