Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
That You set a guard over me?
King James Version
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
Holman Bible
that You keep me under guard?
International Standard Version
Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you keep watching me?
A Conservative Version
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou set a watch over me?
American Standard Version
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?
Amplified
“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?
Bible in Basic English
Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?
Darby Translation
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
Julia Smith Translation
Am I the sea, or a dragon, that thou wilt set a watch over me?
King James 2000
Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you set a watch over me?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Am I [the] sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?
Modern King James verseion
Am I like the sea, or a whale, that You set a watch over me?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Am I a sea, or a whalefish, that thou keepest me so in prison?
NET Bible
Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?
New Heart English Bible
Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
The Emphasized Bible
Am, I, a sea, or a sea-monster, - That thou shouldst set over me a watch?
Webster
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
World English Bible
Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
Youngs Literal Translation
A sea -monster am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Don'T Forget!
11
Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12
That You set a guard over me?
Names
Cross References
Job 7:17
What is man that thou should magnify him and that thou should set thine heart upon him
Job 38:6-11
Upon what are its foundations founded? Or who laid its corner stone;
Job 41:1-34
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or with the cord which thou lettest down on his tongue?
Lamentations 3:7
Gimel He has hedged me about that I cannot get out; he has made my chain heavy.
Ezekiel 32:2-3
Son of man, raise up lamentations upon Pharaoh king of Egypt and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as the whale in the seas, that dost dry up thy rivers, and trouble the waters with thy feet, and foul their streams.