JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 7Webster - 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 chapter1[Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of a hireling? 2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work; 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 to the dawning of the day. 5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and become lothsome. 6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. 7O remember that my life [is] wind: my eye will no more see good. 8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thy eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not. 9[As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more]. 10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12[Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; 14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: 15So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life. 16I lothe [it]; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity. 17What [is] man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him? 18And [that] thou shouldst visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment? 19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle? 20I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? 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]. ‹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