Job 7:12
10 He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
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.
Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
13 When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
14 then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
- KJV
- Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
- WEB
- Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
- ASV
- Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?
- DARBY
- Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
- BLB
- [Am] I a sea or the sea monster, that You would set a guard over me?
- ÅB
- Er jeg et hav eller et havuhyre, siden du setter vakt over meg?
- OTB
- Er jeg havet, eller et havdyr,
At Du setter vakt over meg? - B1930
- Er jeg et hav eller et havuhyre, siden du setter vakt over mig?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 7:17
What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
Read in contextLamentations 3:7
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
Read in contextEzekiel 32:2–3
“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
Read in contextJob 38:6–11
On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
Read in contextJob 41:1–34
“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Read in context