Job 7:4

If I layed me downe, I sayde, When shall I arise? and measuring the euening I am euen full with tossing to and from vnto the dawning of the day.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 haue I had as an inheritance the moneths of vanitie, and painefull nights haue bene appointed vnto me.

5My flesh is clothed with wormes and filthinesse of the dust: my skinne is rent, and become horrible.

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Cross References

Job 7:13When I say, My couch shall relieue me, and my bed shall bring comfort in my meditation,

Job 30:17It pearceth my bones in the night, and my sinewes take no rest.

Psalms 77:4Thou keepest mine eyes waking: I was astonied and could not speake.

Psalms 130:6My soule waiteth on the Lord more then the morning watch watcheth for the morning.

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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