Job 7:3

So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.

Young's Literal Translation

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 servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,

4If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.

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Cross References

Job 16:7Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company,

Job 29:2Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God's preserving me?

Psalms 6:7Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,

Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole [is] vanity and vexation 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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