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Job 7

Job 7:3

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile · Job 7:1–21
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Translations

Modern
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
Traditional
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Literal
…so are allotted to me months of emptiness, and nights of toil are appointed to me.
Latin
…sic et ego habui menses vacuos, et noctes laboriosas enumeravi mihi.

Original

Hebrew
English
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.

Notes

Job 7:3

  • Job's testing might have lasted for months.

  • The Hebrew word ('amal) appears throughout Job and means "misery" or "miserable" or "trouble" (3:20; 11:16; 16:2; 20:22; 3:10; 4:8; 5:6, 7; 15:35).

Job 6:1–7:21

Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.

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Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Death: Desired: Job Employee: Character of Unrighteous Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Job Night: Wearisome to the Afflicted