Job 7:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.”
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“When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If I lay down then I said, `When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 7:4 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:67In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.
- Job 7:13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
- Job 17:12They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
- Job 30:17Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
- Psalms 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
- Psalms 77:4You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
- Psalms 109:23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
- Psalms 130:6My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.
- Isaiah 54:11“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
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