The Meaning of Job 7:13 Explained

Job 7:13

KJV: When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

YLT: When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.

Darby: When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

ASV: When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

Discover Job 7:13

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 7:13?

MEANING: What does Job 7:13 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 7:13 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 7:13?

What is the context of Job 7:13?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

What does Job 7:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 7:1-21 - Longing For The Evening

The servant eagerly longs for the lengthening shadow, which tells him that his day of labor is at an end, and we may allow ourselves to anticipate the hour of our reward and deliverance.

In plaintive words, which have so often been on the lips of heavy sufferers, Job tells the story of his sorrow and bitterness. The sufferer addresses God directly-almost suggesting at first that God was persecuting him without cause. Let those who have been disposed to think God unmindful and hard in His dealings, ponder these words. Even this saint of patience has trodden that path before them, and he came out right at last. But a softer tone follows; Job realizes that he has sinned, pleads to be forgiven, and asks that the word of forgiving love may not tarry, lest it be too late. The psalmist uses expressions similar to Job 7:17-18, but with a more wholesome application, Psalms 8:4; Psalms 144:3.

Notice that wonderful name for God-the watcher of men, Job 7:20, r.v. Not to discover their sins, but to learn their sorrows and needs with the intent of helping them with His saving strength. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 7

¹ Job excuses his desire of death
¹² He complains of his own restlessness, and reasons with God

What do the individual words in Job 7:13 mean?

When I say will comfort me My bed will ease my complaint My couch

כִּֽי־ אָ֭מַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי עַרְשִׂ֑י יִשָּׂ֥א בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י מִשְׁכָּבִֽי

אָ֭מַרְתִּי	I say
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי	will comfort me
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person feminine singular, first person common singular Root: נָחַם Sense: to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted.
עַרְשִׂ֑י	My bed
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: עֶרֶשׂ Sense: couch, divan, bed.
יִשָּׂ֥א	will ease
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָשָׂא Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י	my complaint
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: שִׂיחַ Sense: to put forth, mediate, muse, commune, speak, complain, ponder, sing.
מִשְׁכָּבִֽי	My couch
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: מִשְׁכָּב Sense: a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying.

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