Job 7

1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

הֲלֹא־צָבָא לֶאֱנֹושׁ [עַל־ כ] (עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ ק) וְכִימֵי שָׂכִיר יָמָיו׃ (1819)

See also: Job 14:1, Job 14:5-6, Job 14:14, Psalms 39:4, Job 5:7, Ecclesiastes 3:2, Job 14:6, Job 14:13-14, Leviticus 25:50, Deuteronomy 12:1, Deuteronomy 15:18, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Isaiah 40:2, Matthew 20:1-15, John 11:9-10, Genesis 47:29, 1 Samuel 26:10, Isaiah 21:16, Isaiah 38:5

2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

כְּעֶבֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵל וּכְשָׂכִיר יְקַוֶּה פָעֳלֹו׃ (1470)

See also: Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 24:15, Malachi 3:5, James 5:4, Jeremiah 6:4, Psalms 119:131, Psalms 143:6

3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

כֵּן הָנְחַלְתִּי לִי יַרְחֵי־שָׁוְא וְלֵילֹות עָמָל מִנּוּ־לִי׃ (1906)

See also: Job 23:14, Deuteronomy 28:67, Psalms 6:6, Job 16:7, Psalms 73:14, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Job 7:13, Job 17:12, Job 29:2, Psalms 39:5, Isaiah 38:12, Lamentations 1:2

4When 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.

אִם־שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאָמַרְתִּי מָתַי אָקוּם וּמִדַּד־עָרֶב וְשָׂבַעְתִּי נְדֻדִים עֲדֵי־נָשֶׁף׃ (3763)

See also: Deuteronomy 28:67, Job 7:13-14, Psalms 77:4, Job 30:17, Psalms 6:6, Psalms 130:6, Job 17:12, Job 33:19, Psalms 109:23, Isaiah 54:11

5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה [וְגִישׁ כ] (וְגוּשׁ ק) עָפָר עֹורִי רָגַע וַיִּמָּאֵס׃ (2869)

See also: Psalms 103:14, Job 17:14, Isaiah 14:11, Job 2:7-8, Job 30:18, Job 33:21, Acts 12:23, Job 6:11, Job 9:31, Job 19:20, Job 19:26, Job 24:20, Psalms 38:5-7, Psalms 38:7, Isaiah 1:6, Isaiah 66:24, Ezekiel 20:43

6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

יָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־אָרֶג וַיִּכְלוּ בְּאֶפֶס תִּקְוָה׃ (1226)

7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

זְכֹר כִּי־רוּחַ חַיָּי לֹא־תָשׁוּב עֵינִי לִרְאֹות טֹוב׃ (2032)

8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עֵין רֹאִי עֵינֶיךָ בִּי וְאֵינֶנִּי׃ (1637)

See also: Job 20:9, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Job 10:21, Psalms 37:36, Job 8:18, Lamentations 5:7, 2 Samuel 12:23, Job 3:13, Job 7:21, Job 13:27, Job 14:3, Psalms 39:11, Psalms 90:8-9, Jeremiah 10:20, Job 27:19

9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

כָּלָה עָנָן וַיֵּלַךְ כֵּן יֹורֵד אֹול לֹא יַעֲלֶה׃ (764)

See also: 2 Samuel 14:14, Job 10:21, Job 16:22, Job 30:15, 2 Samuel 12:23, Job 14:10-14, Psalms 39:13, Ecclesiastes 3:20, Job 11:8, Job 37:11, Isaiah 38:11

10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

לֹא־יָשׁוּב עֹוד לְבֵיתֹו וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶנּוּ עֹוד מְקֹמֹו׃ (1476)

See also: Psalms 37:10, Job 8:18, Job 20:9, Job 20:7, Psalms 103:16, Job 27:21, Job 27:23, Revelation 12:8

11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

גַּם־אֲנִי לֹא אֶחֱשָׂךְ פִּי אֲ‍דַבְּרָה בְּצַר רוּחִי אָשִׂיחָה בְּמַר נַפְשִׁי׃ (2288)

12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

הֲ‍יָם־אָנִי אִם־תַּנִּין כִּי־תָשִׂים עָלַי מִשְׁמָר׃ (2137)

See also: Job 22:4, Job 7:17, Job 16:12, Job 38:6-11, Job 40:2, Job 40:18, Psalms 13:2, Lamentations 3:7, Ezekiel 32:2-3, Genesis 1:21, Job 41:1-34

13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;

כִּי־אָמַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵנִי עַרְשִׂי יִשָּׂא בְשִׂיחִי מִשְׁכָּבִי׃ (2832)

See also: Job 7:4, Psalms 77:4, Psalms 6:6, Job 9:27, Ecclesiastes 2:23, Job 7:3-4, Job 17:12, Psalms 102:7, Jeremiah 8:18, Daniel 4:5

14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

וְחִתַּתַּנִי בַחֲלֹמֹות וּמֵחֶזְיֹנֹות תְּבַעֲתַנִּי׃ (2819)

See also: Job 3:26, Proverbs 18:14, Genesis 40:5-7, Genesis 41:8, Daniel 2:1, Judges 7:13-14, Job 4:14, Job 30:15, Matthew 27:19

15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

וַתִּבְחַר מַחֲנָק נַפְשִׁי מָוֶת מֵעַצְמֹותָי׃ (2356)

See also: Revelation 9:6, Luke 14:26, Isaiah 2:22, Jonah 4:3, Job 3:20, Job 6:9, Jeremiah 8:3, Numbers 11:15, Numbers 14:2, 2 Samuel 17:23, Job 9:21, Job 13:13, Job 36:20, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Isaiah 15:4, Matthew 27:5

16I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

מָאַסְתִּי לֹא־לְעֹלָם אֶחְיֶה חֲדַל מִמֶּנִּי כִּי־הֶבֶל יָמָי׃ (1045)

See also: 1 Kings 19:4, Job 10:1, Psalms 78:39, Job 9:21, Job 14:6, Job 6:9, Job 10:20, Psalms 39:13, Psalms 62:9, Jonah 4:8, Genesis 27:46, Job 3:20-22, Job 16:7, Psalms 39:10, Psalms 78:33, Psalms 144:4, Ecclesiastes 6:11-12, Jonah 4:3

17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

מָה־אֱנֹושׁ כִּי תְגַדְּלֶנּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁית אֵלָיו לִבֶּךָ׃ (2170)

See also: Psalms 8:4, Hebrews 2:6, Psalms 144:3, Joshua 3:7, Job 34:14-15, Exodus 7:23, Exodus 9:21, 1 Chronicles 29:25, Job 7:12, Job 14:3, Job 25:6, Proverbs 24:32

18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

וַתִּפְקְדֶנּוּ לִבְקָרִים לִרְגָעִים תִּבְחָנֶנּוּ׃ (1897)

See also: Isaiah 38:12-13, Jeremiah 9:7, 1 Peter 1:7, Genesis 22:1, Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 8:16, Job 14:3, Isaiah 26:14, Daniel 12:10, Zechariah 13:9, Psalms 73:14, Exodus 32:34

19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

כַּמָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶה מִמֶּנִּי לֹא־תַרְפֵּנִי עַד־בִּלְעִי רֻקִּי׃ (2278)

See also: Job 14:6, Job 9:18, Psalms 39:13, Psalms 13:1-3, Job 3:24, Job 40:2, Psalms 6:3, Psalms 94:3, Revelation 6:10

20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

חָטָאתִי מָה אֶפְעַל ׀ לָךְ נֹצֵר הָאָדָם לָמָה שַׂמְתַּנִי לְמִפְגָּע לָךְ וָאֶהְיֶה עָלַי לְמַשָּׂא׃ (2750)

21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

וּמֶה ׀ לֹא־תִשָּׂא פִשְׁעִי וְתַעֲבִיר אֶת־עֲוֹנִי כִּי־עַתָּה לֶעָפָר אֶשְׁכָּב וְשִׁחֲרְתַּנִי וְאֵינֶנִּי׃ (4777)