Job 7:4

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

5Clothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,

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Cross References

Job 7:13When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.

Job 30:17At night my bone hath been pierced in me, And mine eyelids do not lie down.

Psalms 77:4Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not.

Psalms 130:6My soul [is] for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for 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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