KJV King James Version
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 7:13
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
WEB World English Bible
When I say, ‘My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;’
ASV American Standard Version
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
When I said, ‘My bed doth comfort me,’ He taketh away in my talking my couch.
Surrounding context — Job 7
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.
16 I loathe [it]; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.
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Cross-references
Psalm 6:6I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.Psalm 77:4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.Job 9:27-28If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself]:Job 7:3-4So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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