Job 7:13

In 11 translations

BSB

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

KJV

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

WEB

When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’

ASV

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

LSV

When I said, My bed comforts me, || In my talking He takes away my couch.

YLT

When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.

DBY

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

DRC

If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved speaking with myself on my couch:

GNV

When I say, My couch shall relieue me, and my bed shall bring comfort in my meditation,

JPS

When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint';

LXXE

I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.

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WLC

כִּֽי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי עַרְשִׂ֑י יִשָּׂ֥א בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Εἴπα ὅτι παρακαλέσει με ἡ κλίνη μου, ἀνοίσω δὲ πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ἰδίᾳ λόγον τῇ κοίτῃ μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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.
• Job 9:27–28If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’ I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
• Job 7:3–4So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me. 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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