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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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 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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.1" class="v18_7_1">1</span>Human life is like forced army service,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_1">like a life of hard manual labor,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.2" class="v18_7_2">2</span>like a slave longing for cool shade;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_2">like a worker waiting to be paid.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.3" class="v18_7_3">3</span>Month after month I have nothing to live for;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_3">night after night brings me grief.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.4" class="v18_7_4">4</span>When I lie down to sleep, the hours drag;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_4">I toss all night and long for dawn.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.5" class="v18_7_5">5</span>My body is full of worms;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_5">it is covered with scabs;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_5">pus runs out of my sores.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.6" class="v18_7_6">6</span>My days pass by without hope,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_6">pass faster than a weaver's shuttle.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.7.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.7" class="v18_7_7">7</span>Remember, O God, my life is only a breath;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_7">my happiness has already ended.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.8" class="v18_7_8">8</span>You see me now, but never again.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_8">If you look for me, I'll be gone.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.9-Job.7.10" class="v18_7_9">9-10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.7.9-Job.7.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Like a cloud that fades and is gone,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_9">we humans die and never return;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_9">we are forgotten by all who knew us.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.11" class="v18_7_11">11</span>No! I can't be quiet!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_11">I am angry and bitter.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_11">I have to speak.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.12" class="v18_7_12">12</span>Why do you keep me under guard?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_12">Do you think I am a sea monster?<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.7.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.13" class="v18_7_13">13</span>I lie down and try to rest;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_13">I look for relief from my pain.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.14" class="v18_7_14">14</span>But you—you terrify me with dreams;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_14">you send me visions and nightmares</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.15" class="v18_7_15">15</span>until I would rather be strangled</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_15">than live in this miserable body.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.16" class="v18_7_16">16</span>I give up; I am tired of living.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_16">Leave me alone. My life makes no sense.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.17" class="v18_7_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.7.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Why are people so important to you?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_17">Why pay attention to what they do?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.18" class="v18_7_18">18</span>You inspect them every morning</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_18">and test them every minute.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.19" class="v18_7_19">19</span>Won't you look away long enough</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_19">for me to swallow my spit?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.20" class="v18_7_20">20</span>Are you harmed by my sin, you jailer?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_20">Why use me for your target practice?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_20">Am I so great a burden to you?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.7.21" class="v18_7_21">21</span>Can't you ever forgive my sin?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_21">Can't you pardon the wrong I do?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_7_21">Soon I will be in my grave,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_7_21">and I'll be gone when you look for me.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">7.6: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">weaver's shuttle: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A small device in the loom which carries threads back and forth rapidly in weaving cloth.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">7.12: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">sea monster: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A reference to ancient stories in which sea monsters had to be guarded so that they would not escape and do damage.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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