Job 7:4

Job 7:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise, And the night be ended?’ For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Lying in bed, I think, ‘When will it be morning?’ But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.

Context of Job 7:4

2Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid, 3so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me. When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn. 5My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering. 6“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.

Job 7:4 word by word

אִם־שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי מָתַ֣י אָ֭קוּם וּמִדַּד־עָ֑רֶב וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When I lie downשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• I sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• When shall I ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• and the nightעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• be goneמָדַדmiddad · to extendH4059
• and I am fullשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646
• of tossings to and froנְדוּדnâdûd · tossingH5076
• unto the dawning of the dayנֶ֫שֶׁףnesheph · twilightH5399

Cross-references for Job 7:4

• Job 7:13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
• Job 17:12turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near.
• Job 30:17Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never rest.
• Deuteronomy 28:67In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.
• Psalms 6:6I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
• Psalms 77:4You kept my eyes from closing; I was too troubled to speak.
• Psalms 130:6I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
• Psalms 109:23I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
• Isaiah 54:11“Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with lapis lazuli.

Commentaries on Job 7:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4When I lie down - I have so little rest, that when I do lie down I long for the return of the light, that I may rise. Nothing can better depict the state of a man under continual afflictions, which afford him no respite, his days and his nights being spent in constant anguish, utterly unable to be in any one posture, so that he is continually changing his position in his bed, finding ease nowhere: thus, as himself expresses it, he is full of tossings.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4When I lie down - I find no comfort and no rest on my bed. My nights are long, and I am impatient to have them passed, and equally so is it with the day. This is a description which all can understand who have been laid on a bed of pain. And the night be gone - Margin, evening be measured. Herder renders this, “the night is irksome to me.” The word rendered night (ערב ‛ereb ) properly means the early part of the night, until it is succeeded by the dawn…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-21Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Literally, "When shall be the flight of the night?" [Gesenius]. Umbreit, not so well, "The night is long extended"; literally, "measured out" (so Margin).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 7:4

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Bitterness
• Complain
• Dust
• Preserver
• Terrify
• Wearisome
• Dawn; Dawning
• Day and Night

Commentaries on Job 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings