JOB CHAPTER 7 (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV)

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CHAP. VII.

1 Iob excuseth his desire of death. 12 He complaineth of his owne restlesnesse, 17 and Gods watchfulnesse.

¹ Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? are not his dayes also like the dayes of an hireling?¹

² As a seruant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his worke:²

³ So am I made to possesse moneths of vanitie, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

⁴ When I lie downe, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro, vnto the dawning of the day.⁴

⁵ My flesh is cloathed with wormes and clods of dust, my skinne is broken, and become loathsome.

⁶ My dayes are swifter then a weauers shuttle, and are spent without hope.⁶

⁷ O remember that my life is winde: mine eye shall no more see good.⁷

⁸ The eye of him that hath seene me, shall see mee no more: thine eyes are vpon me, and I am not.⁸

⁹ As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.

¹⁰ Hee shall returne no more to his house: neither shall his place know him any more.

¹¹ Therefore I will not refraine my mouth, I wil speake in the anguish of my spirit, I will complaine in the bitternesse of my soule.

¹² Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch ouer me?

¹³ When I say, My bed shal comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint:

¹⁴ Then thou skarest mee with dreames, and terrifiest me through visions.

¹⁵ So that my soule chooseth strangling: and death rather then my life.¹⁵

¹⁶ I loath it, I would not liue alway: let me alone, for my dayes are vanitie.

¹⁷ What is man, that thou shouldest magnifie him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart vpon him?¹⁷

¹⁸ And that thou shouldest visite him euery morning, and trie him euery moment?

¹⁹ How long wilt thou not depart from me? nor let me alone till I swallow downe my spittle?

²⁰ I haue sinned, what shall I doe vnto thee, O thou preseruer of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to my selfe?

²¹ And why doest thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquitie? for now shall I sleepe in the dust, and thou shalt seeke me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Job Chapter 7 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible)

¹ Or, warfare.
² Hebr. gapeth after.
⁴ Hebr. the euening be measured.
⁶ Iob 16.22. psal.90.6 and 102.11 and 103.15. and144.4. isa.40.6. iam.4.14
⁷ Hebr. shall not returne. , To see, that is, to enioy.
⁸ That is, I can liue no longer.
¹⁵ Heb. then my bones.
¹⁷ Psal.8.4. and 144.3. heb.2.6.

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