Job 7:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

If I say,“My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,”

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 6:6 : 6 I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.
  • Ps 77:4 : 4 You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.
  • Job 7:3-4 : 3 thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me. 4 If I lie down, I say,‘When will I arise?’, and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.
  • Job 9:27-28 : 27 If I say,‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’ 28 I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 7:3-4
    2 verses
    81%

    3thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.

    4If I lie down, I say,‘When will I arise?’, and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.

  • 79%

    6I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.

  • Job 7:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11Job Remonstrates with God“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.

    12Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

  • Job 7:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

    15so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.

  • 13For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace

  • 27If I say,‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’

  • Ps 132:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3He said,“I will not enter my own home, or get into my bed.

    4I will not allow my eyes to sleep, or my eyelids to slumber,

  • 20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

  • 21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”

  • 18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • Prov 7:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt.

    17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

  • 26Then they will say,‘Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.’”

  • 13If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

  • 13In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,

  • Ps 77:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

    3I said,“I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me.”(Selah)

  • 15In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

  • 3The LORD supports him on his sickbed; you have healed him from his illness.

  • 1An Appeal for Revelation“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 20For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself.

  • 24When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.

  • 17Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.

  • 73%

    5I rested and slept; I awoke, for the LORD protects me.

  • 6whenever I remember you on my bed, and think about you during the nighttime hours.

  • 4Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

  • 2“Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

  • 10Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • 17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

  • 19Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

  • 19When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.

  • 71%

    8I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, LORD, make me safe and secure.

  • 24For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.

  • 21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

  • 8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

  • Job 16:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6Abandonment by God and Man“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking– how much of it goes away?

    7Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.

  • 13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • 19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

  • 15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

  • 13I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

  • 7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • 40I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.

  • 21Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

  • 11If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

  • 7I will praise the LORD who guides me; yes, during the night I reflect and learn.