KJV King James Version
[Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
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Job 7:12
[Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
WEB World English Bible
Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
ASV American Standard Version
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A sea -monster am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?
Surrounding context — Job 7
9 [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].
10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 [Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.
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Job 38:6-11Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.Job 7:17What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?Ezekiel 32:2-3Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou [art] as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.Job 41:1-34Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?
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