Job 7 Legacy Standard Bible

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 7 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > Job 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/6.htm" title="Job 6">◄</a> Job 7 <a href="../job/8.htm" title="Job 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/job/7.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><CC><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Is not man conscripted to labor on earth, <p class="indent2">And <i>are not</i> his days like the days of a hired man? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>As a slave who pants for the shade, <p class="indent2">And as a hired man who eagerly hopes for his wages, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So am I apportioned months of worthlessness, <p class="indent2">And nights of trouble are appointed me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If I lie down I say, <p class="indent2">‘When shall I arise?’ <p class="indent2">But the twilight continues, <p class="indent2">And I am saturated with tossing until dawn. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt; <p class="indent2">My skin scabs over and flows <i>out again</i>. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, <p class="indent2">And come to an end without hope. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Remember that my life is <i>but</i> wind; <p class="indent2">My eye will not again see good. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer; <p class="indent2">Your eyes <i>will be</i> on me, but I will not be. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>A cloud vanishes, and it is gone, <p class="indent2">So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He will not return again to his house, <p class="indent2">Nor will his place recognize him anymore. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Indeed I will not hold back my mouth; <p class="indent2">I will speak in the distress of my spirit; <p class="indent2">I will muse on the bitterness of my soul. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Am I the sea or the sea monster, <p class="indent2">That You set a guard over me? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me; <p class="indent2">My couch will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>ease my <i>bitter</i> musing,’ <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then You frighten me with dreams <p class="indent2">And terrify me by visions, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So that my soul would choose suffocation, <p class="indent2">Death rather than my <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>pains. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I have rejected <i>everything</i>; I will not live forever. <p class="indent2">Leave me alone, for my days are <i>but</i> a breath. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>What is man that You magnify him, <p class="indent2">And that You set Your heart on him, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>That You <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>examine him every morning <p class="indent2">And test him every moment? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Will You never turn Your gaze away from me, <p class="indent2">Nor let me alone until I swallow my spit? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Have I sinned? What have I done to You, <p class="indent2">O watcher of men? <p class="indent2">Why have You set me as Your target, <p class="indent2">So that I am a burden to myself? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Why then do You not forgive my transgression <p class="indent2">And take away my iniquity? <p class="indent2">For now I will lie down in the dust; <p class="indent2">And You will seek me earnestly, but I will not be.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>Has not man compulsory labor</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>bear</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>bones</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Or <i>care for</i>, cf. Ps 8:4<br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>How long will You not</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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