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12 [a]Am I the Sea, or the dragon,
    that you place a watch over me?[b]
13 When I say, “My bed shall comfort me,
    my couch shall ease my complaint,”
14 Then you frighten me with dreams
    and terrify me with visions,

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Footnotes

  1. 7:12–21 Job now speaks not to his friends (who never speak to God), but to God. He does this frequently; cf. 9:28; 10:2–22; 13:20–28; 14:13–22.
  2. 7:12 An allusion to the personification of primeval chaos as a monstrous ocean vanquished by God; see note on 3:8.

12 Am I the sea,(A) or the monster of the deep,(B)
    that you put me under guard?(C)
13 When I think my bed will comfort me
    and my couch will ease my complaint,(D)
14 even then you frighten me with dreams
    and terrify(E) me with visions,(F)

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