Job 7:13

13 Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me. I think my couch will keep me from being unhappy.

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 won't keep quiet. When I'm suffering greatly, I'll speak out. When my spirit is bitter, I'll tell you how unhappy I am.
12 Am I the ocean? Am I the sea monster? If I'm not, why do you guard me so closely?
13 Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me. I think my couch will keep me from being unhappy.
14 But even then you send me dreams that frighten me. You send me visions that terrify me.
15 So I would rather choke to death. That would be better than living in this body of mine.
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