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Job 7

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Isn’t mankind consigned to forced labor ⓐ on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

² Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired man he waits for his pay.

³ So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me. ⓑ

⁴ When I lie down I think: When will I get up? But the evening drags on endlessly, and I toss and turn until dawn.

⁵ My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt. [1] My skin forms scabs [2] and then oozes. ⓒ

⁶ My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. ⓓ

⁷ Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see anything good. ⓔ

⁸ The eye of anyone who looks on me will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone. ⓕ

⁹ As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol ⓖ will never rise again.

¹⁰ He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember [3] him. ⓗ

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 [4] ⓘ or a sea monster, ⓙ that You keep me under guard?

¹³ When I say: My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,

¹⁴ then You frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions, ⓚ

¹⁵ so that I prefer strangling [5] — death rather than life in this body. [6] ⓛ

¹⁶ I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, ⓜ for my days are a breath. [7]

¹⁷ What is man, that You think so highly of him and pay so much attention to him? ⓝ

¹⁸ You inspect him every morning, and put him to the test every moment. ⓞ

¹⁹ Will You ever look away from me, or leave me alone long enough to swallow? [8]

²⁰ If I have sinned, what have I done to You, Watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, ⓟ so that I have become a burden to You? [9]

²¹ Why not forgive my sin and pardon my transgression? ⓠ For soon I will lie down in the grave. ⓡ You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone. ⓢ

#	HCSB
1	Isn’t mankind consigned to forced labor ⓐ on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
2	Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired man he waits for his pay.
3	So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me. ⓑ
4	When I lie down I think: When will I get up? But the evening drags on endlessly, and I toss and turn until dawn.
5	My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt. [1] My skin forms scabs [2] and then oozes. ⓒ
6	My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. ⓓ
7	Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see anything good. ⓔ
8	The eye of anyone who looks on me will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone. ⓕ
9	As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol ⓖ will never rise again.
10	He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember [3] him. ⓗ
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 [4] ⓘ or a sea monster, ⓙ that You keep me under guard?
13	When I say: My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,
14	then You frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions, ⓚ
15	so that I prefer strangling [5] — death rather than life in this body. [6] ⓛ
16	I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, ⓜ for my days are a breath. [7]
17	What is man, that You think so highly of him and pay so much attention to him? ⓝ
18	You inspect him every morning, and put him to the test every moment. ⓞ
19	Will You ever look away from me, or leave me alone long enough to swallow? [8]
20	If I have sinned, what have I done to You, Watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, ⓟ so that I have become a burden to You? [9]
21	Why not forgive my sin and pardon my transgression? ⓠ For soon I will lie down in the grave. ⓡ You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone. ⓢ

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^{Job 7:20 [10]} A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself.

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