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New American Standard Bible
Job 7:13
"If I say, 'My couch will comfort me, My bed will ease my complaint,'
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Christian Standard Bible®
When I say, “My bed will comfort me,and my couch will ease my complaint,”
When I say, “My bed will comfort me,and my couch will ease my complaint,”
Hebrew Names Version
When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;'
When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;'
King James Version
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;
English Standard Version
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'
New Century Version
Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me or that my couch will stop my complaint.
Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me or that my couch will stop my complaint.
New English Translation
If I say, "My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,"
If I say, "My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,"
Amplified Bible
"When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'
"When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'
World English Bible
When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;'
When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;'
Geneva Bible (1587)
When I say, My couch shal relieue me, and my bed shall bring comfort in my meditation,
When I say, My couch shal relieue me, and my bed shall bring comfort in my meditation,
Legacy Standard Bible
If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me;My couch will ease my bitter musing,'
If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me;My couch will ease my bitter musing,'
Berean Standard Bible
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
Contemporary English Version
I go to bed, hoping for rest,
I go to bed, hoping for rest,
Complete Jewish Bible
When I think that my bed will comfort me, that my couch will relieve my complaint,
When I think that my bed will comfort me, that my couch will relieve my complaint,
Darby Translation
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
Easy-to-Read Version
My bed should bring me comfort. My couch should give me rest and relief.
My bed should bring me comfort. My couch should give me rest and relief.
George Lamsa Translation
For I said that thou shalt comfort me, and I will be relieved of the pain of my sickbed.
For I said that thou shalt comfort me, and I will be relieved of the pain of my sickbed.
Good News Translation
I lie down and try to rest; I look for relief from my pain.
I lie down and try to rest; I look for relief from my pain.
Lexham English Bible
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,'
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,'
Literal Translation
When I say, My bed shall comfort me; my couch shall bear my complaining,
When I say, My bed shall comfort me; my couch shall bear my complaining,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
When I thynke: my bedd shall comforte me, I shall haue some refresshinge by talkynge with myself vpon my couche:
When I thynke: my bedd shall comforte me, I shall haue some refresshinge by talkynge with myself vpon my couche:
American Standard Version
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;
Bible in Basic English
When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;
When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When I say, My bed shal comfort me, I shall haue some refreshing by talking to my selfe vpon my couch:
When I say, My bed shal comfort me, I shall haue some refreshing by talking to my selfe vpon my couch:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint';
When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint';
King James Version (1611)
When I say, My bed shal comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint:
When I say, My bed shal comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.
I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.
English Revised Version
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If Y seie, My bed schal coumfort me, and Y schal be releeuyd, spekynge with me in my bed;
If Y seie, My bed schal coumfort me, and Y schal be releeuyd, spekynge with me in my bed;
Update Bible Version
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;
Webster's Bible Translation
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
New King James Version
When I say, "My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'
When I say, "My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'
New Living Translation
I think, ‘My bed will comfort me, and sleep will ease my misery,'
I think, ‘My bed will comfort me, and sleep will ease my misery,'
New Life Bible
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, and there I will find rest from my complaining,'
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, and there I will find rest from my complaining,'
New Revised Standard
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall help to carry my complaint,
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall help to carry my complaint,
Douay-Rheims Bible
If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved, speaking with myself on my couch:
If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved, speaking with myself on my couch:
Revised Standard Version
When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'
When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'
Young's Literal Translation
When I said, `My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.
When I said, `My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'
"If I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'
Contextual Overview
7 "Remember that my life is a mere breath; My eye will not see goodness again. 8 "The eye of him who sees me will no longer look at me; Your eyes will be on me, but I will not exist. 9 "When a cloud vanishes, it is gone; In the same way one who goes down to Sheol does not come up. 10 "He will not return to his house again, Nor will his place know about him anymore. 11 "Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 "Am I the sea, or the sea monster, That You set a guard over me? 13 "If I say, 'My couch will comfort me, My bed will ease my complaint,'14 Then You frighten me with dreams, And terrify me by visions, 15 So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains. 16 "I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are only a breath.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
My bed: Job 7:3, Job 7:4, Job 9:27, Job 9:28, Psalms 6:6, Psalms 77:4
Reciprocal: Job 17:12 - change Psalms 102:7 - watch Ecclesiastes 2:23 - his heart Jeremiah 8:18 - my Daniel 4:5 - a dream
Cross-References
Genesis 5:32
Now after Noah was five hundred years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Now after Noah was five hundred years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:10
And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:18
"But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
"But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this generation.
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this generation.
Genesis 7:2
"You shall take with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and his female; and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and his female;
"You shall take with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and his female; and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and his female;
Genesis 7:4
"For after seven more days, I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will wipe out from the face of the land every living thing that I have made."
"For after seven more days, I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will wipe out from the face of the land every living thing that I have made."
Genesis 7:7
Then Noah and his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives with him entered the ark because of the waters of the flood.
Then Noah and his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives with him entered the ark because of the waters of the flood.
Genesis 7:9
they all went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
they all went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:18
The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
Genesis 7:19
And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.
And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
When I say, my bed shall comfort me,.... When he thought within himself that he would lie down upon his bed and try if he could get a little sleep, which might comfort and refresh him, and which he promised himself he should obtain by this means, as he had formerly had an experience of:
my couch shall ease my complaint; he concluded, that by lying down upon his couch, and falling asleep, it would give some ease of body and mind; that his body would, at least, for some time be free from pain, and his mind composed, and should cease from complaining for a while; which interval would be a relief to him, and of considerable service. Some render it, "my couch shall burn" h; be all on fire, and torture me instead of giving ease; and so may have respect to his burning ulcers.
h ××©× "ardebit", Pagninus; so Kimchi in Sepher Shorash. & Ben Melech in loc.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
When I say, My bed shall comfort me - The idea in this verse and the following is, that there was no intermission to his sorrows. Even the times when people usually sought repose were to him times of distress. Then he was disturbed and alarmed by the most frightful dreams and visions, and sleep fled from him.
Shall ease my complaint - The word rendered âshall easeâ ×ש×× yıÌsÌaÌ' means rather, shall bear; that is, shall lighten or sustain. The meaning is, that he sought relief on his bed.
