Thematic Bible

Job 7:1

Isn’t mankind consigned to forced labor on earth?
Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

Job 7:2

Like a slave he longs for shade;
like a hired man he waits for his pay.

Job 7:3

So I have been made to inherit months of futility,
and troubled nights have been assigned to me.

Job 7:4

When I lie down I think:
When will I get up?
But the evening drags on endlessly,
and I toss and turn until dawn.

Job 7:5

My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.
My skin forms scabs and then oozes.

Job 7:6

My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle;
they come to an end without hope.

Job 7:7

Remember that my life is but a breath.
My eye will never again see anything good.

Job 7:8

The eye of anyone who looks on me
will no longer see me.
Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

Job 7:9

As a cloud fades away and vanishes,
so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again.

Job 7:10

He will never return to his house;
his hometown will no longer remember him.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 7:11

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 7:12

Am I the sea or a sea monster,
that You keep me under guard?

Job 7:13

When I say: My bed will comfort me,
and my couch will ease my complaint,

Job 7:14

then You frighten me with dreams,
and terrify me with visions,

Job 7:15

so that I prefer strangling
death rather than life in this body.

Job 7:16

I give up! I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

Job 7:17

What is man, that You think so highly of him
and pay so much attention to him?

Job 7:18

You inspect him every morning,
and put him to the test every moment.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 7:19

Will You ever look away from me,
or leave me alone long enough to swallow?
No Themes for this verse.

Job 7:20

If I have sinned, what have I done to You,
Watcher of mankind?
Why have You made me Your target,
so that I have become a burden to You?

Job 7:21

Why not forgive my sin
and pardon my transgression?
For soon I will lie down in the grave.
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.