Job 7:13

13 Si digo: "Mi cama me consolará, mi lecho atenuará mi queja",

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Job 7:13 In-Context

11 Por tanto, no refrenaré mi boca, hablaré en la angustia de mi espíritu, me quejaré en la amargura de mi alma.

12 ¿Soy yo el mar, o un monstruo marino, para que me pongas guardia?

13 Si digo: "Mi cama me consolará, mi lecho atenuará mi queja",

14 entonces tú me asustas con sueños y me aterrorizas con visiones;

15 mi alma, pues, escoge la asfixia, la muerte, en lugar de mis dolores.