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World English Bible

Job 7 (WEBP)

[1] “Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?
[2] As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
[3] so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
[4] When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
[5] My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
[6] My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
[7] Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.
[8] The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
[9] As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol° will come up no more.
[10] He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more.
[11] “Therefore I will not keep silent. 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 sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
[13] When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’
[14] then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,
[15] so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
[16] I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
[17] What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
[18] that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
[19] How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
[20] If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?
[21] Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”

Job 7:9 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 7 (KJVS)

[1] [Is there] not an appointed time H6635 to man H582 upon earth H776? [are not] his days H3117 also like the days H3117 of an hireling H7916?
[2] As a servant H5650 earnestly desireth H7602 (8799) the shadow H6738, and as an hireling H7916 looketh H6960 (8762) for [the reward of] his work H6467:
[3] So am I made to possess H5157 (8717) months H3391 of vanity H7723, and wearisome H5999 nights H3915 are appointed H4487 (8765) to me.
[4] When I lie down H7901 (8804), I say H559 (8804), When shall I arise H6965 (8799), and the night H6153 be gone H4059? and I am full H7646 (8804) of tossings to and fro H5076 unto the dawning of the day H5399.
[5] My flesh H1320 is clothed H3847 (8804) with worms H7415 and clods H1487 of dust H6083; my skin H5785 is broken H7280 (8804), and become loathsome H3988 (8735).
[6] My days H3117 are swifter H7043 (8804) than a weaver’s shuttle H708, and are spent H3615 (8799) without H657 hope H8615.
[7] O remember H2142 (8798) that my life H2416 [is] wind H7307: mine eye H5869 shall no more H7725 (8799) see H7200 (8800) good H2896.
[8] The eye H5869 of him that hath seen H7210 me shall see H7789 (8799) me no [more]: thine eyes H5869 [are] upon me, and I [am] not.
[9] [As] the cloud H6051 is consumed H3615 (8804) and vanisheth away H3212 (8799): so he that goeth down H3381 (8802) to the grave H7585 shall come up H5927 (8799) no [more].
[10] He shall return H7725 (8799) no more to his house H1004, neither shall his place H4725 know H5234 (8686) him any more.
[11] Therefore I will not refrain H2820 (8799) my mouth H6310; I will speak H1696 (8762) in the anguish H6862 of my spirit H7307; I will complain H7878 (8799) in the bitterness H4751 of my soul H5315.
[12] [Am] I a sea H3220, or a whale H8577, that thou settest H7760 (8799) a watch H4929 over me?
[13] When I say H559 (8804), My bed H6210 shall comfort H5162 (8762) me, my couch H4904 shall ease H5375 (8799) my complaint H7879;
[14] Then thou scarest H2865 (8765) me with dreams H2472, and terrifiest H1204 (8762) me through visions H2384:
[15] So that my soul H5315 chooseth H977 (8799) strangling H4267, [and] death H4194 rather than my life H6106.
[16] I loathe H3988 (8804) [it]; I would not live H2421 (8799) alway H5769: let me alone H2308 (8798); for my days H3117 [are] vanity H1892.
[17] What [is] man H582, that thou shouldest magnify H1431 (8762) him? and that thou shouldest set H7896 (8799) thine heart H3820 upon him?
[18] And [that] thou shouldest visit H6485 (8799) him every morning H1242, [and] try H974 (8799) him every moment H7281?
[19] How long H4100 wilt thou not depart H8159 (8799) from me, nor let me alone H7503 (8686) till I swallow down H1104 (8800) my spittle H7536?
[20] I have sinned H2398 (8804); what shall I do H6466 (8799) unto thee, O thou preserver H5341 (8802) of men H120? why hast thou set H7760 (8804) me as a mark H4645 against thee, so that I am a burden H4853 to myself?
[21] And why dost thou not pardon H5375 (8799) my transgression H6588, and take away H5674 (8686) mine iniquity H5771? for now shall I sleep H7901 (8799) in the dust H6083; and thou shalt seek me in the morning H7836 (8765), but I [shall] not [be].

Young’s Literal Translation

Job 7 (YLT)

[1] Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
[2] As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
[3] So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
[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.
[5] Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,
[6] My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
[7] Remember Thou that my life is a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.
[8] The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes are upon me-and I am not.
[9] Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.
[10] He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.
[11] Also I-I withhold not my mouth- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
[12] A sea-monster am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?
[13] When I said, ‘My bed doth comfort me,’ He taketh away in my talking my couch.
[14] And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,
[15] And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.
[16] I have wasted away-not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity.
[17] What is man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?
[18] And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?
[19] How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.
[20] I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself-and what?
[21] Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me-and I am not!