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Job 7:3

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

KJV

sic et ego habui menses vacuos, et noctes laboriosas enumeravi mihi.

Vulgate

οὕτως κἀγὼ ὑπέμεινα μῆνας κενούς, νύκτες δὲ ὀδυνῶν δεδομέναι μοί εἰσιν.

LXX

So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

ASV

כֵּ֤ן הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭/י יַרְחֵי שָׁ֑וְא וְ/לֵיל֥וֹת עָ֝מָ֗ל מִנּוּ לִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 55×
יֶ֣רַח
yrch
noun · 13×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
ם
m
verb · 57×
מְנ֣וֹת
mnvt
verb · 28×
שָׁ֑וְא
shv'
noun · 52×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 28:67 — In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes whi
  • Eccl 1:14 — I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Job 16:7 — But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
  • Job 23:14 — For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
  • Ps 6:6 — I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
  • Ps 6:6 — I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.