Verse 16
Job 7:16
Noah Webster Bible
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I lothe it ; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מָ֭אַסְתִּי לֹא לְ/עֹלָ֣ם אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה חֲדַ֥ל מִ֝מֶּ֗/נִּי כִּי הֶ֥בֶל יָמָֽ/י
English Translation
I have rejected; I will not live forever; cease from me, for vanity are my days.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
1
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling?
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2
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward of his work;
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3
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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4
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and...
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5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and become lothsome.
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6
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
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7
O remember that my life is wind: my eye will no more see good.
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8
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more : thy eyes are upon me, and I am not.
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9
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no mor...
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10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
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11
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in...
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12
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
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13
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
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14
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
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15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
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16
I lothe it ; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17
What is man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him?
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18
And that thou shouldst visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
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19
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
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20
I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark agai...
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21
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in t...
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