Job 7:11-16
Evangelical Heritage Version
11 That is why I will not restrain my mouth.
I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit.
I will lament in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I the sea or a great creature of the deep
that you need to put me under guard?
13 When I say that my bed will comfort me,
and my couch will help me with my lament,
14 then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
15 so I would prefer to be strangled,
and I prefer death more than my current existence.[a]
16 I reject my life. I do not want to live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are just a vanishing vapor.
Footnotes
- Job 7:15 Literally than my bones
Job 7:11-16
Lexham English Bible
11 “Even[a] I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in my spirit’s anguish;
I will complain in my inner self’s[b] bitterness.
12 Am I the sea, or a sea monster,
that you set a guard over me?
13 When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
and my couch[c] will ease my complaint,’
14 then[d] you terrify me with dreams,[e]
and with visions you terrify[f] me.
15 So[g] my inner self[h] will choose[i] strangling—
death more than my existence.[j]
16 I loathe my life; I would not live forever;
depart from me, for my days are a breath.
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