4When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?' The night drags on, and I toss till dawn.


In Context

1 "Does not man have hard service on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired man?

2 Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages,

3 so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.

4 When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?' The night drags on, and I toss till dawn.

5 My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering.

6 "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.

Job 7:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:4When 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:4If 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:4When 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? but the night is long; and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day.