"When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;" — Job 7:13

Job 7:13 · KJV

“When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;”

— Job 7:13

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

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

Job 7 — Context

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

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

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

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

So that my soul chooseth strangling, {and} death rather than my life. {life: Heb. bones}

Cross References

Psalms 6:6

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. {all...: or, every night}

Psalms 77:4

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

Job 9:27-28

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort {myself}:

Job 7:3-4

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