Job 7:6
What does Job 7:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 7:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.
KJV
King James Version · 1611My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 2:25
Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
- Job 13:15
Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
- Psalms 103:15
As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
- Isaiah 40:6
The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.
- Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
- 1 Peter 1:13
Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
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