Job 7:4

What does Job 7:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 7:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

If I lay down then I said, `When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: When shall I rise? and again, I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

Context

v.3So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

v.4This passage

v.5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 6:6

    I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

  • Deuteronomy 28:67

    In the morning thou shalt say, Would it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would it were morning! for the fear of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

  • Job 17:12

    They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.

  • Psalms 109:23

    I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

  • Psalms 77:4

    Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

  • Isaiah 54:11

    O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

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