Job 7 · Verse 4

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.
Job 7:4, King James Version

Job 7:4 in other translations

BSBWhen I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
WEBWhen I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
ASVWhen 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.
YLTIf I lay down then I said, ‘When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.
DARBYIf I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.
BBEWhen I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.
WebsterWhen I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day.

What does Job 7:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. Literally, "When shall be the flight of the night?" [Gesenius]. Umbreit, not so well, "The night is long extended"; literally, "measured out" (so Margin).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 When 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.

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 7:4 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.

אִם\־'im-ifH518
שָׁכַ֗בְתִּיsha.Khav.tiI lay downH7901
וְאָמַ֗רְתִּיve.'a.Mar.tiand I will sayH559
מָתַ֣יma.Taiwhen?H4970
אָ֭קוּם'A.kumwill I ariseH6965
וּמִדַּד\־u.mi.dad-and it will continueH4058
עָ֑רֶב'A.reveveningH6153
וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּיve.sa.Va'.tiand I will be surfeitedH7646
נְדֻדִ֣יםne.du.Dimrestlessness<es>H5076
עֲדֵי\־'a.dei-untilH5704
נָֽשֶׁף\׃Na.sheftwilightH5399

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

Cross references for Job 7:4

  • Deuteronomy 28:67

    In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

  • Job 7:13-14

    When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

  • Psalms 77:4

    Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 130:6

    My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

  • Job 30:17

    My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

  • Job 17:12

    They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

  • Psalms 109:23

    I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

  • Isaiah 54:11

    O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When.
13,14; 17:12; 30:17; De 28:67; Ps 6:6; 77:4; 130:6
night, etc. Heb. evening be measured. tossings.
Ps 109:23; Isa 54:11

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Context

  • 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.

  • Job 7:5

    My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

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Job 7:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cuando estoy acostado, digo: ¿Cuándo me levantaré? Y mide mi corazón la noche, y estoy harto de devaneos hasta el alba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Si je me couche, alors je dis: Quand me lèverai-je et quand l’obscurité prendra-t-elle fin? et je suis excédé d’agitations jusqu’au point du jour.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn ich mich niederlege, so spreche ich: Wann werde ich aufstehen? und der Abend dehnt sich hin, und ich werde des Umherwerfens satt bis zur Dämmerung.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Si dormiero, dicam: Quando consurgam? et rursum expectabo vesperam, et replebor doloribus usque ad tenebras.