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My couch will ease my <i>bitter</i> musing,’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When I say, “My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When I say: My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I go to bed, hoping for rest, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When I say, 'My couch may give me comfort. My bed may help me bear my pain,'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I lie down and try to rest; I look for relief from my pain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For I've said, 'My bed will comfort me; my couch will ease my burdens while I complain.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If I say, "My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint," <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />When I said, My bed comforts me, "" In my talking He takes away my couch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For I said, My bed shall comfort me; my couch shall lift up in my complaint;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved speaking with myself on my couch: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If I say, “My bed will comfort me, and I will find rest, speaking with myself on my blanket,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When I say, “My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint,” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,’<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For I said that thou shalt comfort me, and I will be relieved of the pain of my sickbed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because I said, ‘you will comfort me and I shall take heart from the agony of my lying down’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint';<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/7-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1096" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/7.htm">Job Continues: Life Seems Futile</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard? <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">I think</a> <a href="/hebrew/6210.htm" title="6210: ‘ar·śî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A couch, divan. From an unused root meaning perhaps to arch; a couch.">my bed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: tə·na·ḥă·mê·nî (V-Piel-Imperf-3fs:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">will comfort me</a> <a href="/hebrew/4904.htm" title="4904: miš·kā·ḇî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Place of lying, a couch, act of lying. From shakab; a bed; abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse.">and my couch</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: yiś·śā (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">will ease</a> <a href="/hebrew/7879.htm" title="7879: ḇə·śî·ḥî (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Complaint, musing. From siyach; a contemplation; by implication, an utterance.">my complaint,</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6</a></span><br />I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-4.htm">Psalm 77:4</a></span><br />You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-2.htm">Psalm 77:2</a></span><br />In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-3.htm">Psalm 42:3</a></span><br />My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-9.htm">Psalm 102:9</a></span><br />For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8</a></span><br />I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-9.htm">Psalm 31:9-10</a></span><br />Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. / For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Psalm 69:3</a></span><br />I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-1.htm">Psalm 88:1-3</a></span><br />A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You. / May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. / For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/13-1.htm">Psalm 13:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? / How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-2.htm">Psalm 22:2</a></span><br />I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8</a></span><br />We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a></span><br />But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-26.htm">Romans 8:26</a></span><br />In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;</p><p class="hdg">My bed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-3.htm">Job 7:3,4</a></b></br> So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/9-27.htm">Job 9:27,28</a></b></br> If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort <i>myself</i>: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6</a></b></br> I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/7-4.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/job/6-10.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-4.htm">Complaint</a> <a href="/numbers/14-27.htm">Complaints</a> <a href="/esther/7-8.htm">Couch</a> <a href="/job/6-7.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/job/3-26.htm">Ease</a> <a href="/job/3-26.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/job/2-10.htm">Talking</a> <a href="/job/7-4.htm">Think</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/17-13.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/job/9-27.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/job/9-27.htm">Complaint</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm">Complaints</a> <a href="/job/17-13.htm">Couch</a> <a href="/job/9-23.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/job/12-5.htm">Ease</a> <a href="/job/11-18.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/job/9-27.htm">Talking</a> <a href="/job/21-6.htm">Think</a><div class="vheading2">Job 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/7-1.htm">Job excuses his desire of death.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/7-12.htm">He complains of his own restlessness, and reasons with God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When I think my bed will comfort me</b><br>In this phrase, Job expresses a common human desire for rest and relief from suffering. The bed, in ancient Near Eastern culture, was often seen as a place of solace and recovery. Job's expectation of comfort from his bed reflects a natural hope for physical and emotional respite. This longing for rest can be connected to the broader biblical theme of seeking refuge in God, as seen in <a href="/psalms/4-8.htm">Psalm 4:8</a>, where the psalmist finds peace and safety in God's presence. Job's experience foreshadows the ultimate rest found in Christ, who invites the weary to find rest in Him (<a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28</a>).<p><b>and my couch will ease my complaint,</b><br>The "couch" here refers to a place of reclining or rest, similar to the bed. In the context of Job's intense suffering, both physically and emotionally, he hopes for relief from his complaints or grievances. This reflects the human condition of seeking comfort in times of distress. The mention of a "complaint" highlights Job's ongoing dialogue with God about his suffering, a theme that runs throughout the book. This can be seen as a precursor to the New Testament encouragement to cast all anxieties on God (<a href="/1_peter/5-7.htm">1 Peter 5:7</a>). Job's struggle and desire for relief also point to the future hope of eternal comfort and the end of all suffering, as promised in <a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man described as blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He undergoes severe trials and suffering, losing his wealth, children, and health.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived. It is often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The context of this verse is Job's lament over his intense suffering and the futility of seeking comfort in his physical surroundings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_earthly_comfort.htm">The Illusion of Earthly Comfort</a></b><br>Job's expectation that his bed would bring comfort highlights the human tendency to seek solace in temporary, earthly things. True comfort is found in God alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_suffering.htm">The Reality of Suffering</a></b><br>Job's experience reminds us that suffering is a part of the human condition. It challenges us to seek God in our pain rather than relying solely on physical or material comforts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_spiritual_rest.htm">The Need for Spiritual Rest</a></b><br>While physical rest is important, spiritual rest is essential. Jesus offers a rest that transcends physical circumstances, inviting us to find peace in Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lament_in_faith.htm">The Role of Lament in Faith</a></b><br>Job's honest expression of his pain is a model for how believers can bring their struggles before God. Lament is a valid and important part of a faith journey.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_3_align_with_god's_justice.htm">How can Job's complaint in Job 3 align with a just and sovereign God, if he questions the value of his own birth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_13_25_show_god_as_unjust.htm">In Job 13:25, why does Job accuse God of targeting him as if he were light chaff, if God is portrayed as just and merciful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_silent_if_job's_pleas_lack_merit.htm">In light of Job 35:16, why would a merciful God remain silent if Job's pleas are without merit, given other scriptures showing God responding to human need?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_job_reason_with_god_if_exodus_33_20.htm">In Job 13:3, how can Job claim he wants to reason directly with God if Exodus 33:20 states no one can see God and live?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 13, 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint</span>. Sometimes, notwithstanding his many "wearisome nights" (ver. 5), Job would entertain a hope of a few hours' rest and tranquillity, as, wearied and exhausted, he sought his couch, and laid himself down upon it, but only to be disappointed. <span class="cmt_word">Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions</span>. Unpleasant dreams are said to be a symptom, or at any rate a frequent concomitant, of elephantiasis; but Job seems to speak of something worse than these. Horrible visions came upon him, which he believed to be sent directly from the Almighty, and which effectually disturbed his rest, making night hideous. Probably this was one of the modes in which Satan was permitted to try and test him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/7-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I think</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֭מַרְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my bed</span><br /><span class="heb">עַרְשִׂ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ar·śî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6210.htm">Strong's 6210: </a> </span><span class="str2">A couch, divan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will comfort me,</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי</span> <span class="translit">(tə·na·ḥă·mê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and my couch</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(miš·kā·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4904.htm">Strong's 4904: </a> </span><span class="str2">Place of lying, a couch, act of lying</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will ease</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשָּׂ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my complaint,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·śî·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7878.htm">Strong's 7878: </a> </span><span class="str2">To muse, complain, talk (of)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/7-13.htm">Job 7:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/7-13.htm">Job 7:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/7-13.htm">Job 7:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/7-13.htm">Job 7:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/7-13.htm">Job 7:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/7-13.htm">Job 7:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/7-13.htm">Job 7:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/7-13.htm">Job 7:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/7-13.htm">Job 7:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/7-13.htm">Job 7:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/7-13.htm">OT Poetry: Job 7:13 When I say 'My bed shall comfort (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/7-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 7:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 7:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/7-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 7:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 7:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>