Job 7:3

כֵּן הָנְחַלְתִּי לִי יַרְחֵי ־ שָׁוְא וְלֵילוֹת עָמָל מִנּוּ ־ לִֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2כְּעֶבֶד יִשְׁאַף ־ צֵל וּכְשָׂכִיר יְקַוֶּה פָעֳלֽוֹ ׃

4אִם ־ שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאָמַרְתִּי מָתַי אָקוּם וּמִדַּד ־ עָרֶב וְשָׂבַעְתִּי נְדֻדִים עֲדֵי ־ נָֽשֶׁף ׃

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Cross References

Job 16:7אַךְ ־ עַתָּה הֶלְאָנִי הֲשִׁמּוֹתָ כָּל ־ עֲדָתִֽי ׃

Job 29:2מִֽי ־ יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי ־ קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי ׃

Psalms 6:7יָגַעְתִּי ׀ בְּֽאַנְחָתִי אַשְׂחֶה בְכָל ־ לַיְלָה מִטָּתִי בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׂי אַמְסֶֽה ׃

Ecclesiastes 1:14רָאִיתִי אֶת ־ כָּל ־ הַֽמַּעֲשִׂים שֶֽׁנַּעֲשׂוּ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְהִנֵּה הַכֹּל הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רֽוּחַ ׃

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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