Job 7:3 · KJV
“So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.”
— Job 7:3
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for {the reward of} his work: {earnestly...: Heb. gapeth after}
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. {the night...: Heb. the evening be measured?}
Job 7 — Context
{Is there} not an appointed time to man upon earth? {are not} his days also like the days of an hireling? {an appointed...: or, a warfare}
2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for {the reward of} his work: {earnestly...: Heb. gapeth after}
3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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. {the night...: Heb. the evening be measured?}
5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
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}
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all {is} vanity and vexation of spirit.
Job 29:2
Oh that I were as {in} months past, as {in} the days {when} God preserved me;
Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an handbreadth; and mine age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah. {at...: Heb. settled}
Job 16:7
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.