# Job 7 ## Job 7:1 - [KJV] *Is there* not an appointed time to man upon earth? *are not* his days also like the days of an hireling? - [ASV] Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? - [YLT] Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days? ### Notes on Job 7:1 - ## Job 7:2 - [KJV] As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for *the reward of* his work: - [ASV] As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages: - [YLT] As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage, ### Notes on Job 7:2 - ## Job 7:3 - [KJV] So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. - [ASV] So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me. - [YLT] So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me. ### Notes on Job 7:3 - ## Job 7:4 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Job 7:4 - ## Job 7:5 - [KJV] My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. - [ASV] My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh. - [YLT] Clothed hath been my flesh *with* worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome, ### Notes on Job 7:5 - ## Job 7:6 - [KJV] My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. - [ASV] My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope. - [YLT] My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope. ### Notes on Job 7:6 - ## Job 7:7 - [KJV] O remember that my life *is* wind: mine eye shall no more see good. - [ASV] Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good. - [YLT] Remember Thou that my life *is* a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good. ### Notes on Job 7:7 - ## Job 7:8 - [KJV] The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no *more*: thine eyes *are* upon me, and I *am* not. - [ASV] The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be. - [YLT] The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes *are* upon me -- and I am not. ### Notes on Job 7:8 - ## Job 7:9 - [KJV] *As* the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no *more*. - [ASV] As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more. - [YLT] Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up. ### Notes on Job 7:9 - ## Job 7:10 - [KJV] He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. - [ASV] He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more. - [YLT] He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again. ### Notes on Job 7:10 - ## Job 7:11 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul. ### Notes on Job 7:11 - ## Job 7:12 - [KJV] *Am* I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? - [ASV] Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me? - [YLT] A sea -*monster* am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard? ### Notes on Job 7:12 - ## Job 7:13 - [KJV] When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; - [ASV] When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint; - [YLT] When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch. ### Notes on Job 7:13 - ## Job 7:14 - [KJV] Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: - [ASV] Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions: - [YLT] And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me, ### Notes on Job 7:14 - ## Job 7:15 - [KJV] So that my soul chooseth strangling, *and* death rather than my life. - [ASV] So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than *these* my bones. - [YLT] And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones. ### Notes on Job 7:15 - ## Job 7:16 - [KJV] I loathe *it*; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days *are* vanity. - [ASV] I loathe *my life*; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity. - [YLT] I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days *are* vanity. ### Notes on Job 7:16 - ## Job 7:17 - [KJV] What *is* man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? - [ASV] What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him, - [YLT] What *is* man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart? ### Notes on Job 7:17 - ## Job 7:18 - [KJV] And *that* thou shouldest visit him every morning, *and* try him every moment? - [ASV] And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment? - [YLT] And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him? ### Notes on Job 7:18 - ## Job 7:19 - [KJV] How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? - [ASV] How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? - [YLT] How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle. ### Notes on Job 7:19 - ## Job 7:20 - [KJV] I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? - [ASV] If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself? - [YLT] 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? ### Notes on Job 7:20 - ## Job 7:21 - [KJV] And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I *shall* not *be*. - [ASV] And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be. - [YLT] 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! ### Notes on Job 7:21 -