Job 7:13
When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
In Context
12A sea -[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?
14And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,
Cross References
Job 7:3So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
Psalms 6:6I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night [on] my bed, With my tear my couch I waste.
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 →