Job 7:13 — King James Version← Study notes
“When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;”
Job 7:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Job 7:137 words
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
Church Fathers on Job 7:13
When I say my bed shall comfort me, I shall be eased in speaking with myself on my couch, then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions. For in Holy Writ a ‘bed,’ a ‘couch,’ or ‘litter,’ is usually taken for the secret depth of the heart. For it is hence that under the likeness of each separate soul, the Spouse, urged by the piercing darts of holy love, says in the Song of Songs, By night on my bed I sought him, whom my soul loveth. For ‘by night and on…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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