Verse 3
Job 7:3
Young's Literal Translation
3
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כֵּ֤ן הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭/י יַרְחֵי שָׁ֑וְא וְ/לֵיל֥וֹת עָ֝מָ֗ל מִנּוּ לִֽ/י
English Translation
Thus I have inherited months of vanity and nights of labor, from them to me.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
1
Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
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2
As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
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3
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
4
If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of...
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5
Clothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loa...
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6
My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
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7
Remember Thou that my life [is] a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.
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8
The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me -- and I am not.
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9
Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.
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10
He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.
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11
Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness...
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12
A sea -[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?
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13
When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.
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14
And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,
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15
And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.
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16
I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.
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17
What [is] man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?
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18
And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?
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19
How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.
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20
I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I a...
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21
Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dus...
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