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Read Full Chapter (Job 7) Job 7:1-8 KJV
"Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. When 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. My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not."
Job Chapter 7, Verse 1-8
Job 7:1-8 in Context (Verses 1–11 KJV)
1
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?*
2
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:*
3
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4
When 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.*
5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
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O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.**
8
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.*
9
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.