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Job 7:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 7:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 7:39 words
HebrewMeaning
כֵּ֤ןkēn
soparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
הָנְחַ֣לְתִּיhānəḥalətiy
I have been allottedverbH5157
have · take as a heritage · (cause to · give to ···
לִ֭/יliy
pron
יַרְחֵיyarəḥēy
months ofnounH3391
moon
שָׁ֑וְאšāwəʾ
worthlessnessnounH7723
lie · lying · vain · vanity
וְ/לֵיל֥וֹתwəlēylwōt
and nights ofconjH3915
עָ֝מָ֗לʿāmāl
troublenounH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
מִנּוּminw
people have allottedverbH4487
count · number · prepare · set ···
לִֽ/יliy
pron
Words 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 7:3

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the end of his work, so am I made to possess months of vanity, and I have numbered me wearisome nights. Since for ‘a servant to desire the shadow,’ is after the heat of trial and the sweat of labour to seek the cool of eternal repose. Which shadow that servant desired, who said, My soul thirsteth for God, the living God; when shall I come and appear before God? And again, Woe is me that I sojourn in…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 8 §12
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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