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Job 7:4

Job 7:4
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

When I lie down, I say, when shall I arise,.... Or, "then I say", &c. (t); that is, as soon as he laid himself down in his bed, and endeavoured to compose himself to sleep, in order to get rest and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

When I lie down - I find no comfort and no rest on my bed. My nights are long, and I am impatient to have them passed, and equally so is it with the day. This is a description which all can understand…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 7:1-6

Job is here excusing what he could not justify, even his inordinate desire of death. Why should he not wish for the termination of life, which would be the termination of his miseries? To enforce this…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 7:4-5

A graphic account of his condition under his malady. Job 7:4 should probably be rendered,

When I lie down I say, When shall I arise?

And the night stretches out, and I am full of tossings, &c.

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