Job 7:12
10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through 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 thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
Read in contextLamentations 3:7
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Read in contextEzekiel 32:2–3
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
Read in contextJob 38:6–11
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Read in contextJob 41:1–34
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
Read in context