Job 7:1

AMP: “Is not man forced to labor on earth?And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

ASV: Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

BSB: “Is not man consigned to labor on earth?Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

DARBY: Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?

DRA: The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling.

KJV: Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

Job 7:2

AMP: “As a slave earnestly longs for the shade,And as a hired man eagerly awaits his wages,

ASV: As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

BSB: Like a slave he longs for shade;like a hireling he waits for his wages.

DARBY: As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,

DRA: As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work;

KJV: As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

Job 7:3

AMP: So am I allotted months of futility and suffering,And [long] nights of trouble and misery are appointed to me.

ASV: So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

BSB: So I am allotted months of futility,and nights of misery are appointed to me.

DARBY: So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

DRA: So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights.

KJV: So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

Job 7:4

AMP: “When I lie down I say,‘When shall I arise [and the night be gone]?’But the night continues,And I am continually tossing until the dawning of day.

ASV: When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

BSB: When I lie down I think:‘When will I get up?’But the night drags on,and I toss and turn until dawn.

DARBY: If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

DRA: If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: When shall arise? and again I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness.

KJV: When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

Job 7:5

AMP: “My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust;My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.

ASV: My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.

BSB: My flesh is clothed with wormsand encrusted with dirt;my skin is cracked and festering.

DARBY: My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates.

DRA: My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust, my skin is withered and drawn together.

KJV: My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

Job 7:6

AMP: “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,And are spent without hope.

ASV: My days are swifter than a weaver`s shuttle, And are spent without hope.

BSB: My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle;they come to an end without hope.

DARBY: My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

DRA: My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope.

KJV: My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Job 7:7

AMP: ¶“Remember that my life is but breath [a puff of wind, a sigh];My eye will not see good again.

ASV: Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good.

BSB: Remember that my life is but a breath.My eyes will never again see happiness.

DARBY: Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.

DRA: Remember that my life is but wind, and my eyes shall not return to see good things.

KJV: O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

Job 7:8

AMP: “The eye of him who sees me [now] will see me no more;Your eyes will be upon me, but I will not be.

ASV: The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

BSB: The eye that beholds me will no longer see me.You will look for me, but I will be no more.

DARBY: The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

DRA: Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more.

KJV: The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

Job 7:9

AMP: “As a cloud vanishes and is gone,So he who goes down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) does not come up.

ASV: As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.

BSB: As a cloud vanishes and is gone,so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

DARBY: The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.

DRA: As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up.

KJV: As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

Job 7:10

AMP: “He will not return again to his house,Nor will his place know about him anymore.

ASV: He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.

BSB: He never returns to his house;his place remembers him no more.

DARBY: He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.

DRA: Nor shall he return my more into his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

KJV: He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

Job 7:11

AMP: ¶“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 [O Lord].

ASV: 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.

BSB: 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.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: Wherefore I will not spare my month, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul.

KJV: 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.

Job 7:12

AMP: “Am I the sea, or the sea monster,That You set a guard over me?

ASV: Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

BSB: Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep,that You must keep me under guard?

DARBY: Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?

DRA: Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast enclosed me in a prison?

KJV: Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

Job 7:13

AMP: “When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,My couch will ease my complaint,’

ASV: When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

BSB: When I think my bed will comfort meand my couch will ease my complaint,

DARBY: When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

DRA: If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved speaking with myself on my couch:

KJV: When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Job 7:14

AMP: Then You frighten me with dreamsAnd terrify me through visions,

ASV: Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions:

BSB: then You frighten me with dreamsand terrify me with visions,

DARBY: Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;

DRA: Thou wilt frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions.

KJV: Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

Job 7:15

AMP: So that I would choose suffocation,Death rather than my pain.

ASV: So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones.

BSB: so that I would prefer strangling and deathover my life in this body.

DARBY: So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.

DRA: So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death.

KJV: So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

Job 7:16

AMP: “I waste away and loathe my life; I will not live forever.Let me alone, for my days are but a breath [futile and without substance].

ASV: I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

BSB: I loathe my life! I would not live forever.Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

DARBY: I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.

DRA: I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing.

KJV: I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

Job 7:17

AMP: “What is man that You [should] magnify him [and think him important]?And that You are concerned about him? [Ps 8:4]

ASV: What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

BSB: What is man that You should exalt him,that You should set Your heart upon him,

DARBY: What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?

DRA: What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?

KJV: What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

Job 7:18

AMP: “And that You examine him every morningAnd try and test him every moment?

ASV: And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?

BSB: that You attend to him every morning,and test him every moment?

DARBY: And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?

DRA: Thou visitest him early in the morning, and thou provest him suddenly.

KJV: And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

Job 7:19

AMP: “Will You never turn Your gaze away from me [it plagues me],Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

ASV: How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

BSB: Will You never look away from me,or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

DARBY: How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

DRA: How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle?

KJV: How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Job 7:20

AMP: “If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done to You,O Watcher of mankind?Why have You set me as a target for You,So that I am a burden to myself?

ASV: If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?

BSB: If I have sinned, what have I done to You,O watcher of mankind?Why have You made me Your target,so that I am a burden to You?

DARBY: Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?

DRA: I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee, and I am become burdensome to myself?

KJV: I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

Job 7:21

AMP: “Why then do You not pardon my transgressionAnd take away my sin and guilt?For now I will lie down in the dust;And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”

ASV: And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

BSB: Why do You not pardon my transgressionand take away my iniquity?For soon I will lie down in the dust;You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

DARBY: And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.

DRA: Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be.

KJV: And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

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