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Job 7:3

Discouragement and depressionSuffering

1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

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

4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

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BSB
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
KJV
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
WEB
so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
ASV
So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
DARBY
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
BLB
so are allotted to me months of emptiness, and nights of toil are appointed to me.
ÅB
slik har jeg fått i eie måneder fulle av nød, og møyefulle netter er falt i min lodd.
OTB
Så er jeg gitt måneder av fåfengt strev,
Og netter fylt med uro er tildelt meg.
B1930
således har jeg fått i eie måneder fulle av nød, og møiefulle netter er falt i min lodd.

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