Job 7:13
New International Version
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

New Living Translation
I think, ‘My bed will comfort me, and sleep will ease my misery,’

English Standard Version
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,’

Berean Standard Bible
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

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

New King James Version
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,’

New American Standard Bible
“If I say, ‘My couch will comfort me, My bed will ease my complaint,’

NASB 1995
“If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,’

NASB 1977
“If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,’

Legacy Standard Bible
If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me; My couch will ease my bitter musing,’

Amplified Bible
“When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,’

Christian Standard Bible
When I say, “My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When I say: My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,

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

Contemporary English Version
I go to bed, hoping for rest,

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When I say, 'My couch may give me comfort. My bed may help me bear my pain,'

Good News Translation
I lie down and try to rest; I look for relief from my pain.

International Standard Version
For I've said, 'My bed will comfort me; my couch will ease my burdens while I complain.'

Majority Standard Bible
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

NET Bible
If I say, "My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,"

New Heart English Bible
When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'

Webster's Bible Translation
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

World English Bible
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
When I said, My bed comforts me, "" In my talking He takes away my couch.

Young's Literal Translation
When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.

Smith's Literal Translation
For I said, My bed shall comfort me; my couch shall lift up in my complaint;
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved speaking with myself on my couch:

Catholic Public Domain Version
If I say, “My bed will comfort me, and I will find rest, speaking with myself on my blanket,”

New American Bible
When I say, “My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint,”

New Revised Standard Version
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,’
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For I said that thou shalt comfort me, and I will be relieved of the pain of my sickbed.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because I said, ‘you will comfort me and I shall take heart from the agony of my lying down’
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint';

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Job Continues: Life Seems Futile
12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard? 13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint, 14then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,…

Cross References
Psalm 6:6
I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

Psalm 77:4
You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.

Psalm 77:2
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

Psalm 42:3
My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

Psalm 38:8
I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

Psalm 31:9-10
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. / For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

Psalm 69:3
I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psalm 88:1-3
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You. / May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. / For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

Psalm 13:1-2
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? / How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?

Psalm 22:2
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

2 Corinthians 1:8
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Romans 8:26
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.


Treasury of Scripture

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

My bed.

Job 7:3,4
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me…

Job 9:27,28
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: …

Psalm 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

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Job 7
1. Job excuses his desire of death.
12. He complains of his own restlessness, and reasons with God.














When I think
The phrase "When I think" reflects a moment of introspection and expectation. In the Hebrew text, the word used here is "אָמַרְתִּי" (amarti), which means "I said" or "I thought." This indicates a personal reflection or a moment of self-dialogue. Job is expressing a hope or assumption that his bed, a place of rest, might provide solace. This highlights the human tendency to seek comfort in familiar places during times of distress.

my bed
The "bed" in ancient Near Eastern culture was not just a place for sleep but also a symbol of rest and refuge. In Job's context, the bed represents a place where he might find relief from his physical and emotional suffering. The Hebrew word "מִשְׁכָּבִי" (mishkavi) suggests a personal and intimate space, emphasizing Job's longing for peace in his turmoil.

will comfort me
The expectation that the bed "will comfort me" reveals Job's deep desire for relief. The Hebrew root "נָחַם" (nacham) means to comfort or console. This word is often used in the context of mourning or distress, indicating that Job is seeking not just physical rest but emotional and spiritual consolation. It underscores the depth of his suffering and his yearning for divine intervention.

and my couch
The "couch" here, translated from the Hebrew "עֶרְשִׂי" (ershi), is another term for a place of rest. In ancient times, couches were used for reclining and relaxation, often associated with leisure and respite. Job's mention of both bed and couch suggests a comprehensive search for comfort in all possible places of rest, highlighting his desperation.

will ease my complaint
The phrase "will ease my complaint" conveys Job's hope that his physical surroundings might alleviate his suffering. The Hebrew word for "ease" is "יָשִׂיחַ" (yasiakh), which can mean to relieve or to remove. "Complaint" is translated from "שִׂיחִי" (sikhi), which refers to a lament or a troubled thought. This reflects Job's ongoing dialogue with God and his struggle to understand his suffering. It emphasizes the human condition of seeking relief from pain and the hope that rest might bring clarity or peace.

Verses 13, 14. - When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint. Sometimes, notwithstanding his many "wearisome nights" (ver. 5), Job would entertain a hope of a few hours' rest and tranquillity, as, wearied and exhausted, he sought his couch, and laid himself down upon it, but only to be disappointed. Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions. Unpleasant dreams are said to be a symptom, or at any rate a frequent concomitant, of elephantiasis; but Job seems to speak of something worse than these. Horrible visions came upon him, which he believed to be sent directly from the Almighty, and which effectually disturbed his rest, making night hideous. Probably this was one of the modes in which Satan was permitted to try and test him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I think
אָ֭מַרְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

my bed
עַרְשִׂ֑י (‘ar·śî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6210: A couch, divan

will comfort me,
תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי (tə·na·ḥă·mê·nî)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge

and my couch
מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃ (miš·kā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4904: Place of lying, a couch, act of lying

will ease
יִשָּׂ֥א (yiś·śā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

my complaint,
בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י (ḇə·śî·ḥî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7878: To muse, complain, talk (of)


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