Job 7:6
4 When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
7 Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
8 The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
- KJV
- My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
- WEB
- My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
- ASV
- My days are swifter than a weaver`s shuttle, And are spent without hope.
- DARBY
- My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
- BLB
- My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; and they end without hope.
- ÅB
- Mine dager farer hurtigere avsted enn en veverskyttel, og de svinner bort uten håp.
- OTB
- Mine dager går raskere enn en veverskyttel,
Og de avsluttes uten håp. - B1930
- Mine dager farer hurtigere avsted enn en veverskyttel, og de svinner bort uten håp.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 9:25
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
Read in contextJob 17:15
where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
Read in contextJob 17:11
My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
Read in contextIsaiah 38:12–13
My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:6–7
A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
Read in context1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
Read in contextPsalms 103:15–16
As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
Read in contextPsalms 144:4
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
Read in context