Job 7:4

World English Bible (2000)

When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 28:67 : 67 In the morning you shall say, "I wish it were evening!" and at evening you shall say, "I wish it were morning!" for the fear of your heart which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
  • Job 7:13-14 : 13 When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;' 14 then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:
  • Job 17:12 : 12 They change the night into day, saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.
  • Job 30:17 : 17 In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.
  • Ps 6:6 : 6 I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
  • Ps 77:4 : 4 You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.
  • Ps 109:23 : 23 I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
  • Ps 130:6 : 6 My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.
  • Isa 54:11 : 11 "You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

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    12so man lies down and doesn't rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

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    5I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

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