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Job 7:4 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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
Verse in Context
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As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed
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.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
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Job 7:1
"Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?"
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"
Job 7:5
"My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome."
Job 7:6
"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope."
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