Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Truly I've been allotted months of emptiness; nights of trouble have been appointed for me.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Holman Bible
and troubled nights have been assigned to me.
A Conservative Version
so I am made to possess months of misery, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
American Standard Version
So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Amplified
So am I allotted months of futility and suffering,
And [long] nights of trouble and misery are appointed to me.
Bible in Basic English
So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.
Darby Translation
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Julia Smith Translation
So was I caused to possess to me months of vanity, and nights of toil were allotted to me.
King James 2000
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So {I had to inherit} months of worthlessness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
Modern King James verseion
so I am made to possess months of vanity, and weary nights are appointed to me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Even so have I laboured whole months long - but in vain - and many a careful night have I told.
NET Bible
thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
New Heart English Bible
so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
The Emphasized Bible
So, have I been made to inherit months of calamity, and, nights of weariness, have been appointed me.
Webster
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
World English Bible
so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Youngs Literal Translation
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
Themes
Employee » Character of unrighteous
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Weary of » Job
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
2 I'm like a servant who longs for the shade, like a hired laborer who is looking for his wages. 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.
Cross References
Psalm 6:6
I am weary from my groaning. Every night my couch is drenched with tears, my bed is soaked through.
Job 16:7
"God has certainly worn me out; you devastated my entire world.
Job 29:2
"I wish I could go back to how things were a few months ago; when God used to watch over me,
Psalm 39:5
Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I observed every activity done on earth. My conclusion: all of it is pointless like chasing after the wind.