Job 7:3
“So am I made to possesse moneths of vanitie, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.”
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Job 7:3 Context
1Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? are not his dayes also like the dayes of an hireling? 2As a seruant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his worke: 3So am I made to possesse moneths of vanitie, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4When I lie downe, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro, vnto the dawning of the day. 5My flesh is cloathed with wormes and clods of dust, my skinne is broken, and become loathsome.
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Other Translations for Job 7:3
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
- King James Version
So am I allotted months of vanity, And nights of trouble are appointed me.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.
- Basic English Bible
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
- Darby Bible
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
- Webster's Bible
so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
- World English Bible
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
- Youngs Literal Bible
So am I made to possess--months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 7:3
7:3 So - This so respects not so much the desire of an hired servant, as the ground of it, his hard toil and service. Possess - God, hath given me this as my lot and inheritance. Months - So he calls them rather than days, to note the tediousness of his affliction. Vanity - Empty and unsatisfying. Nights - He mentions nights, because that is the saddest time for sick and miserable persons; the darkness and solitude of the night being of themselves uncomfortable, and giving them more opportunity for solemn and sorrowful reflections.