Cross References

Job 7:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

God has made my days drag on and my nights miserable.

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God has worn me down and destroyed my family;

and he will do exactly what he intends with me.

I long for the past, when God took care of me,

We are slaves in search of shade; we are labourers longing for our wages.

You made my life short, so brief that the time means nothing to you. “Human life is but a breath,

My groaning has worn me out. At night my bed and pillow are soaked with tears.

Sorrow has made my eyes dim, and my sight has failed because of my enemies.

I have seen it all, and everything is just as senseless as chasing the wind.