King James Version · full chapter
Job 7
21 verses · King James Version
- 1not an appointed time to man upon earth? his days also like the days of an hireling?Compare translations of Job 7:1
- 2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for his work:Compare translations of Job 7:2
- 3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.Compare translations of Job 7:3
- 4When 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.Compare translations of Job 7:4
- 5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.Compare translations of Job 7:5
- 6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.Compare translations of Job 7:6
- 7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.Compare translations of Job 7:7
- 8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no thine eyes upon me, and I not.Compare translations of Job 7:8
- 9the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up noCompare translations of Job 7:9
- 10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.Compare translations of Job 7:10
- 11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.Compare translations of Job 7:11
- 12I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?Compare translations of Job 7:12
- 13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;Compare translations of Job 7:13
- 14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:Compare translations of Job 7:14
- 15So that my soul chooseth strangling, death rather than my life.Compare translations of Job 7:15
- 16I loathe I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days vanity.Compare translations of Job 7:16
- 17What man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?Compare translations of Job 7:17
- 18And thou shouldest visit him every morning, try him every moment?Compare translations of Job 7:18
- 19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?Compare translations of Job 7:19
- 20I 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?Compare translations of Job 7:20
- 21And 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 notCompare translations of Job 7:21