Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"When I lie down I ask, "When will I wake up?' But the night continues and I keep tossing and turning until dawn.
New American Standard Bible
‘When shall I arise?’
But the night continues,
And I am
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
When will I get up?
But the evening drags on endlessly,
and I toss and turn until dawn.
A Conservative Version
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing to and fro to the dawning of the day.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
“When I lie down I say,
‘When shall I arise [and the night be gone]?’
But the night continues,
And I am continually tossing until the dawning of day.
Bible in Basic English
When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
If I lay down, and I said, When shall I arise, and the evening be measured? And I was filled with tossings even to the twilight
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I rise?' But [the] night is long, and I have my fill of tossing until dawn.
Modern King James verseion
When I lie down, I say, When shall I rise? But the night is long, and I am full of tossing to and fro until the dawning of the day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When I laid me down to sleep, I said, 'O when shall I rise?' Again, I longed sore for the night. Thus am I full of sorrow, till it be dark.
NET Bible
If I lie down, I say, 'When will I arise?', and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.
New Heart English Bible
When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
The Emphasized Bible
As soon as I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? yet he lengtheneth out the evening, and I am wearied with tossings until the breeze of twilight.
Webster
When 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.
World English Bible
When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
3 Truly I've been allotted months of emptiness; nights of trouble have been appointed for me. 4 "When I lie down I ask, "When will I wake up?' But the night continues and I keep tossing and turning until dawn. 5 My skin is covered with worms and clods of dirt; my skin becomes rough and then breaks out afresh.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:67
In the morning you'll say, "I wish it were evening.' Yet in the evening you'll say, "I wish it were morning,' on account of what you'll dread and what you'll see.
Job 7:13-14
For I've said, "My bed will comfort me; my couch will ease my burdens while I complain.'
Job 17:12
They have transformed night into day "The light,' they say, "is about to become dark.'
Job 30:17
The night racks my bones; and the pain that gnaws on me will not rest.
Psalm 6:6
I am weary from my groaning. Every night my couch is drenched with tears, my bed is soaked through.
Psalm 77:4
You kept my eyes open; I was troubled and couldn't speak.
Psalm 109:23
I am fading away like a shadow late in the day; I am shaken off like a locust.
Psalm 130:6
My soul looks to the Lord more than watchmen look for the morning more, indeed, than watchmen for the morning.
Isaiah 54:11
"O afflicted one, passed back and forth, and not comforted, Look! I am about to set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.