Job 7 · Verse 3

Job 7:3

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Job 7:3, King James Version

Job 7:3 in other translations

BSBSo I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
WEBso I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
ASVSo am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
YLTSo I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
DARBYSo am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
BBESo I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.
WebsterSo am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

What does Job 7:3 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 So am I made to possess - But night is no relief to me, it is only a continuance of my anxiety and labor. I am like the hireling, I have my appointed labor for the day. I am like the soldier harassed by the enemy: I am obliged to be continually on the watch, always on the look out, with scarcely any rest.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 7:1-6

Job here excuses what he could not justify, his desire of death. Observe man's present place: he is upon earth. He is yet on earth, not in hell. Is there not a time appointed for his abode here? yes, certainly, and the appointment is made by Him who made us and sent us here. During that, man's life is a warfare, and as day-labourers, who have the work of the day to do in its day, and must make up their account at…

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Job 7:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֵּ֤ןkensoH3651
הָנְחַ֣לְתִּיha.ne.Chal.tiI have been allottedH5157
לִ֭יlifor myself
יַרְחֵי\־yar.chei-months ofH3391
שָׁ֑וְאShav'worthlessnessH7723
וְלֵיל֥וֹתve.lei.Lotand nights ofH3915
עָ֝מָ֗ל'a.MaltroubleH5999
מִנּוּ\־mi.nu-people have allottedH4487
לִֽי\׃Lito me

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 7:3

  • Psalms 6:6

    I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:14

    I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Job 16:7

    But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

  • Job 29:2

    Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

  • Psalms 39:5

    Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
months of.
29:2; Ps 6:6; 39:5; Ec 1:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 7:2

    As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

  • Job 7:3

    So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

  • Job 7:4

    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.

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Job 7:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así poseo yo meses de vanidad, y noches de trabajo me dieron por cuenta.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ainsi j’ai eu pour partage des mois de déception, et des nuits de misère me sont assignées.
German
Elberfelder 1871		so sind mir zuteil geworden Monde der Nichtigkeit, und Nächte der Mühsal mir zugezählt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		sic et ego habui menses vacuos, et noctes laboriosas enumeravi mihi.