Parallel Bible results for "Job 7"

Job 7

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 "Does not {a human being have hard service} on earth? And [are not] his days like the days of a laborer?

2 Like a slave he longs for [the] shadow, and like a laborer he waits for his wages.

3 So {I had to inherit} months of worthlessness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me.

4 When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I rise?' But [the] night is long, and I have my fill of tossing until dawn.

5 My body is clothed [with] maggots and clods of dust; my skin hardens, then it gives way [again].

6 "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end {without hope}.

7 Remember that my life [is] a breath; my eye will not return to see good.

8 The eye of [the one] seeing me will not see me; your eyes [are] upon me, but {I will be gone}.

9 A cloud vanishes, and it goes away, so [he who] goes down to Sheol will not come up.

10 He does not return again to his house, and his place does not recognize him again.

11 "Even I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in my spirit's anguish; I will complain in my inner self's bitterness.

12 Am I [the] sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?

13 When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,'

14 then you terrify me with dreams, and with visions you terrify me.

15 So my inner self will choose strangling-- death more than my {existence}.

16 I loathe [my life]; I would not live forever; depart from me, for my days [are] a breath.

17 "What [is] a human being that you make him great and that {you fix your mind on him},

18 so that you visit him {every morning}, you test him {every moment}?

19 {How long} will you not turn away from me? [Or] not leave me alone until I swallow my spit?

20 [If] I have sinned, what have I done to you, watcher of humanity? Why have you made me as a target for yourself, so that I have become a burden to myself?

21 And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my guilt? For now I shall lie in the dust, and you will seek me, but {I will be no more}."

New International Version NIV

1 “Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?

2 Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,

3 so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.

4 When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

5 My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering.

6 “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.

7 Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again.

8 The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.

9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.

10 He will never come to his house again; his place will know him no more.

11 “Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

12 Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that you put me under guard?

13 When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

14 even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

15 so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine.

16 I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.

17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,

18 that you examine them every morning and test them every moment?

19 Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?

20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?

21 Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.”