Parallel Verses
NET Bible
thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Holman Bible
and troubled nights have been assigned to me.
International Standard Version
Truly I've been allotted months of emptiness; nights of trouble have been appointed for me.
A Conservative Version
so I am made to possess months of misery, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
American Standard Version
So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Amplified
So am I allotted months of futility and suffering,
And [long] nights of trouble and misery are appointed to me.
Bible in Basic English
So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.
Darby Translation
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Julia Smith Translation
So was I caused to possess to me months of vanity, and nights of toil were allotted to me.
King James 2000
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So {I had to inherit} months of worthlessness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
Modern King James verseion
so I am made to possess months of vanity, and weary nights are appointed to me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Even so have I laboured whole months long - but in vain - and many a careful night have I told.
New Heart English Bible
so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
The Emphasized Bible
So, have I been made to inherit months of calamity, and, nights of weariness, have been appointed me.
Webster
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
World English Bible
so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Youngs Literal Translation
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
Themes
Employee » Character of unrighteous
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Weary of » Job
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
2 Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages, 3 thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me. 4 If I lie down, I say, 'When will I arise?', and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.
Cross References
Psalm 6:6
I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.
Job 16:7
Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.
Job 29:2
"O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,
Psalm 39:5
Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile -- like chasing the wind!