Then their father Jacob said to them, “You’ve made me childless! Joseph is no more. Now Simeon is gone, and next you’ll take Benjamin! Everything is against me!”
Job 7:7 - Tree of Life Version Remember, my life is but a breath; my eyes will not see goodness again! 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. |
Then their father Jacob said to them, “You’ve made me childless! Joseph is no more. Now Simeon is gone, and next you’ll take Benjamin! Everything is against me!”
“Please recall the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples,
Are not my days few? Then stop, leave me alone so I might have a little joy,
I despise it; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a vapor.
“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away without seeing goodness.
Behold, You made my days mere hand-breadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Surely all humanity is but vapor. Selah
Remember how the enemy mocked, Adonai, and how foolish people despised Your Name.
Rise up O God, and defend Your cause. Remember how the fool mocks You all day.
For He remembered that they are but flesh, a passing breath that never returns.
How long, Adonai, will You hide Yourself? Forever? Will Your fury keep burning like fire?
Where is Your former lovingkindness, my Lord, which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
Adonai, you know. Remember me and think of me. Avenge me against my persecutors. Because of Your long-suffering, do not take me away. Know that for Your sake I endure scorn.
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes.