Job 7:13

13 Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me or that my couch will stop my complaint.

Job 7:13 Meaning and Commentary

Job 7:13

When I say, my bed shall comfort me
When he thought within himself that he would lie down upon his bed and try if he could get a little sleep, which might comfort and refresh him, and which he promised himself he should obtain by this means, as he had formerly had an experience of:

my couch shall ease my complaint;
he concluded, that by lying down upon his couch, and falling asleep, it would give some ease of body and mind; that his body would, at least, for some time be free from pain, and his mind composed, and should cease from complaining for a while; which interval would be a relief to him, and of considerable service. Some render it, "my couch shall burn" F8; be all on fire, and torture me instead of giving ease; and so may have respect to his burning ulcers.


FOOTNOTES:

F8 (avy) "ardebit", Pagninus; so Kimchi in Sepher Shorash. & Ben Melech in loc.

Job 7:13 In-Context

11 "So I will not stay quiet; I will speak out in the suffering of my spirit. I will complain because I am so unhappy.
12 I am not the sea or the sea monster. So why have you set a guard over me?
13 Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me or that my couch will stop my complaint.
14 Then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions.
15 My throat prefers to be choked; my bones welcome death.
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