“Is there not an appointed time to man upon the earth? And are not his days also like the days of a hireling?”
Job 7
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1"Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
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3So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
“so am I made to possess months of vanity, and worrisome nights are appointed to me.”
4When I lie down I think: 'When will I get up?' But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
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5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
“My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin is broken and it's become loathsome.”
“my flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt. My skin hardens and runs.”
6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
“My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and are spent without hope.”
“my days are swifter than a weavers shuttle and come to an end without hope”
7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
“remember that my life is wind. Mine eyes shall no more see good.”
8The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
“The eye of Him that hath seen me shall see me no more. Thine eyes are upon me and I am not.”
9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
“As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so is He that goeth down to the grave. He shall come up no more.”
“As the cloud is consumed and vanished away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.”
10He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
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11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
“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.”
12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
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13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
“When I say my bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint.”
“when I say, Job said, my bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint.”
14then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
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15so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
“so that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than life.”
16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
“I loathe it. I would not live always. Let me alone for my days are”
17What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
“what is man that thou shouldst magnify him and that thou shouldst set thine heart upon him.”
18that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
“That you should visit him every morning and try him every moment?”
“that thou shouldst visit him every morning and try him every moment”
19Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
“How long will you not depart from me nor let me alone till I swallow down my own spittle?”
20If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You ?
“I have sinned. What shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why have you set me as a mark against thee so that I am a burden to myself?”
21Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more."
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