Job 7:4

In 11 translations

BSB

When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

KJV

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.the night…: Heb. the evening be measured?

WEB

When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

ASV

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.

LSV

If I lay down, then I have said, When do I rise, || And evening has been measured? And I have been full of tossings until dawn.

YLT

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.

DBY

If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

DRC

If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: When shall arise? and again I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness.

GNV

If I layed me downe, I sayde, When shall I arise? and measuring the euening I am euen full with tossing to and from vnto the dawning of the day.

JPS

When I lie down, I say: 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

LXXE

Whenever I lie down, I say, When will it be day? and whenever I rise up, again I say when will it be evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning.

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WLC

אִם־שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי מָתַ֣י אָ֭קוּם וּמִדַּד־עָ֑רֶב וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף׃

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν κοιμηθῶ, λέγω, πότε ἡμέρα; ὡς δʼ ἂν ἀναστῶ, πάλιν, πότε ἑσπέρα; πλήρης δὲ γίνομαι ὀδυνῶν ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας ἕως πρωΐ.

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• 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 7:13–14When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint, then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
• Psalms 77:4You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
• Psalms 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
• Job 30:17Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
• Psalms 130:6My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.
• Job 17:12They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
• Psalms 109:23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
• 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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