Job 7 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Job's Life Seems Futile

Job 7:1“[fn]Is not man forced to labor on earth,
And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

Job 7:2“As a slave who pants for the shade,
And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,

Job 7:3So am I allotted months of vanity,
And nights of trouble are appointed me.

Job 7:4“When I lie down I say,
‘When shall I arise?’
But the night continues,
And I am [fn]continually tossing until dawn.

Job 7:5

Job 7:5“My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt,
My skin hardens and runs.

Job 7:6

Job 7:6“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And come to an end without hope.

Job 7:7

Job 7:7“Remember that my life is but breath;
My eye will not again see good.

Job 7:8

Job 7:8“The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer;
Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

Job 7:9

Job 7:9“When a cloud vanishes, it is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.

Job 7:10

Job 7:10“He will not return again to his house,
Nor will his place know him anymore.

Job 7:11

Job 7:11“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 7:12

Job 7:12“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?

Job 7:13

Job 7:13“If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will [fn]ease my complaint,’

Job 7:14

Job 7:14Then You frighten me with dreams
And terrify me by visions;

Job 7:15

Job 7:15So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my [fn]pains.

Job 7:16

Job 7:16“I [fn]waste away; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Job 7:17

Job 7:17“What is man that You magnify him,
And that You [fn]are concerned about him,

Job 7:18

Job 7:18That You examine him every morning
And try him every moment?

Job 7:19

Job 7:19“[fn]Will You never turn Your gaze away from me,
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

Job 7:20

Job 7:20“Have I sinned? What have I done to You,
O watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?

Job 7:21

Job 7:21“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”

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NASB95 Footnotes

(7:1)

Literally: Has not man compulsory labor

(7:4)

Literally: sated with

Literally: bear

Literally: bones

Or, loathe

Literally: set Your heart on

(7:19)

Literally: How long will You not

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