And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.”
Job 7:7 - English Standard Version 2016 “Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O remember that my life is wind: Mine eye shall no more see good. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Oh, remember that my life is but wind (a puff, a breath, a sob); my eye shall see good no more. American Standard Version (1901) Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good. Common English Bible Remember that my life is wind; my eyes won’t see pleasure again. Catholic Public Domain Version Remember that my life is wind, and my eye will not return to see good things. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Remember that my life is but wind: and my eyes shall not return to see good things. |
And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.”
Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples,
Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.
Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name.
Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again.
Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,
O Lord, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach.
yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.