Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
If I lay down, and I said, When shall I arise, and the evening be measured? And I was filled with tossings even to the twilight
New American Standard Bible
‘When shall I arise?’
But the night continues,
And I am
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.
Holman Bible
When will I get up?
But the evening drags on endlessly,
and I toss and turn until dawn.
International Standard Version
"When I lie down I ask, "When will I wake up?' But the night continues and I keep tossing and turning until dawn.
A Conservative Version
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing to and fro to the dawning of the day.
American Standard 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.
Amplified
“When I lie down I say,
‘When shall I arise [and the night be gone]?’
But the night continues,
And I am continually tossing until the dawning of day.
Bible in Basic English
When 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.
Darby Translation
If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I rise?' But [the] night is long, and I have my fill of tossing until dawn.
Modern King James verseion
When I lie down, I say, When shall I rise? But the night is long, and I am full of tossing to and fro until the dawning of the day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When I laid me down to sleep, I said, 'O when shall I rise?' Again, I longed sore for the night. Thus am I full of sorrow, till it be dark.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
The Emphasized Bible
As soon as I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? yet he lengtheneth out the evening, and I am wearied with tossings until the breeze of twilight.
Webster
When 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.
World English Bible
When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
Youngs Literal Translation
If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
3 So was I caused to possess to me months of vanity, and nights of toil were allotted to me. 4 If I lay down, and I said, When shall I arise, and the evening be measured? And I was filled with tossings even to the twilight 5 And my flesh was clothed with worms, and a clod of dust; my akin was contracted and melted away.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:67
In the morning thou shalt say, Who shall give evening? and in the evening thou shalt say, Who shall give morning? from the feat of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and from the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Job 7:13-14
For I said, My bed shall comfort me; my couch shall lift up in my complaint;
Job 17:12
They will set the night for day: the light being near from the face of darkness.
Job 30:17
The night my bones pierced from above me, and my gnawers will not lie down.
Psalm 6:6
I was wearied with my sighing all the night I shall make my bed to swim with my tears; I shall make my couch to flow.
Psalm 77:4
Thou didst hold mine eyes watching: I was moved, and I will not speak.
Psalm 109:23
As the shadow according to its declining I was gone: I was shaken off as the locust.
Psalm 130:6
My soul for Jehovah more than they watching for the morning: they watching for the morning.
Isaiah 54:11
Thou afflicted, tossed about, not comforted behold me laying thy stones with paint, and I founded thee with sapphires