Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you keep watching me?
New American Standard Bible
That You set a guard over me?
King James Version
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
Holman Bible
that You keep me under guard?
A Conservative Version
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou set a watch over me?
American Standard Version
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?
Amplified
“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?
Bible in Basic English
Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?
Darby Translation
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
Julia Smith Translation
Am I the sea, or a dragon, that thou wilt set a watch over me?
King James 2000
Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you set a watch over me?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Am I [the] sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?
Modern King James verseion
Am I like the sea, or a whale, that You set a watch over me?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Am I a sea, or a whalefish, that thou keepest me so in prison?
NET Bible
Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?
New Heart English Bible
Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
The Emphasized Bible
Am, I, a sea, or a sea-monster, - That thou shouldst set over me a watch?
Webster
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
World English Bible
Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
Youngs Literal Translation
A sea -monster am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Don'T Forget!
11 "In addition, I won't keep my opinion to myself; I'll speak from my distressed spirit; I'll complain with my bitter soul. 12 Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you keep watching me? 13 For I've said, "My bed will comfort me; my couch will ease my burdens while I complain.'
Names
Cross References
Job 7:17
"What is a human being, that you make so much of him; that you set your affections on him,
Job 38:6-11
On what were its bases set? Who laid its corner stone
Job 41:1-34
"Can you draw Leviathan out of the water with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Lamentations 3:7
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he placed heavy chains on me.
Ezekiel 32:2-3
"Son of Man, start singing this lamentation about Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Tell him, "You may have called yourself a lion among nations, but you're a monster at sea. You thrash about in your rivers, muddy the water with your feet, and relieve yourself in the rivers.'