TheWay BibleJob 7:3 KJV
Job · chapter 7 · verse 3
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.Job 7:3 · King James Version
Job 7:3 in context
1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4When 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.
5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wearisomeʻâmâltoilH5999 →
- possessnâchalto inherit mode of descent), or to occupyH5157 →
- monthsyeracha lunationH3391 →
- vanityshâvᵉʼevil , literally or morallyH7723 →
- nightslayilproperly, a twistH3915 →
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Job is here excusing what he could not justify, even his inordinate desire of death. Why should he not wish for the termination of life, which would be the termination of his miseries? To enforce this reason he argues, I. From the general condition of man upon earth (Job 7:1): "He is of few days, and full of trouble.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6