JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 7Douay - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 7ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling. 2As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work; 3So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights. 4If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: When shall I rise? and again, I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness. 5My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust; my skin is withered and drawn together. 6My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope. 7Remember that my life is but wind, and my eye shall not return to see good things. 8Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more. 9As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up. 10Nor shall he return any more into his house, neither shall his place know him any more 11Wherefore, I will not spare my mouth, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul. 12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast enclosed me in a prison? 13If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved, speaking with myself on my couch: 14Thou wilt frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions. 15So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death. 16I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing. 17What is a man, that thou shouldst magnify him or why dost thou set thy heart upon him? 18Thou visitest him early in the morning, and thou provest him suddenly. 19How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle? 20I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee. and am I become burdensome to myself? 21Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be. ‹Previous chapterJob 6Next chapterJob 8›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 7 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain