1 Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? ASV — Job 7:1
2 As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages: ASV — Job 7:2
3 So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me. ASV — Job 7:3
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. ASV — Job 7:4
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh. ASV — Job 7:5
6 My days are swifter than a weaver`s shuttle, And are spent without hope. ASV — Job 7:6
7 Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good. ASV — Job 7:7
8 The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be. ASV — Job 7:8
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more. ASV — Job 7:9
10 He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more. ASV — Job 7:10
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. ASV — Job 7:11
12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me? ASV — Job 7:12
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint; ASV — Job 7:13
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions: ASV — Job 7:14
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones. ASV — Job 7:15
16 I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity. ASV — Job 7:16
17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him, ASV — Job 7:17
18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment? ASV — Job 7:18
19 How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? ASV — Job 7:19
20 If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself? ASV — Job 7:20
21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be. ASV — Job 7:21