--- title: Job 7 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 7 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / chapter 7 # Job 7 21 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [7:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.1/) — הֲלֹא־צָבָא לֶאֱנוֹשׁ עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ וְכִימֵי שָׂכִיר יָמָֽיו׃ — Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? - [7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.2/) — כְּעֶבֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵל וּכְשָׂכִיר יְקַוֶּה פָעֳלֽוֹ׃ — As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages; - [7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.3/) — כֵּן הָנְחַלְתִּי לִי יַרְחֵי־שָׁוְא וְלֵילוֹת עָמָל מִנּוּ־לִֽי׃ — So am I made to possess — months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. - [7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.4/) — אִם־שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאָמַרְתִּי מָתַי אָקוּם וּמִדַּד־עָרֶב וְשָׂבַעְתִּי נְדֻדִים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף׃ — When I lie down, I say: 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. - [7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.5/) — לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה וְגוּשׁ עָפָר עוֹרִי רָגַע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃ — My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh. - [7:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.6/) — יָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־אָרֶג וַיִּכְלוּ בְּאֶפֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃ — My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. - [7:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.7/) — זְכֹר כִּי־רוּחַ חַיָּי לֹא־תָשׁוּב עֵינִי לִרְאוֹת טֽוֹב׃ — O remember that my life is a breath; mine eye shall no more see good. - [7:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.8/) — לֹֽא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עֵין רֹאִי עֵינֶיךָ בִּי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ — The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; while Thine eyes are upon me, I am gone. - [7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.9/) — כָּלָה עָנָן וַיֵּלַךְ כֵּן יוֹרֵד שְׁאוֹל לֹא יַעֲלֶֽה׃ — As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. - [7:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.10/) — לֹא־יָשׁוּב עוֹד לְבֵיתוֹ וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶנּוּ עוֹד מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ — He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. - [7:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.11/) — גַּם־אֲנִי לֹא אֶחֱשָׂךְ פִּי אֲ‍ֽדַבְּרָה בְּצַר רוּחִי אָשִׂיחָה בְּמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃ — Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. - [7:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.12/) — הֲ‍ֽיָם־אָנִי אִם־תַּנִּין כִּֽי־תָשִׂים עָלַי מִשְׁמָֽר׃ — Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that Thou settest a watch over me? - [7:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.13/) — כִּֽי־אָמַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵנִי עַרְשִׂי יִשָּׂא בְשִׂיחִי מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃ — When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint'; - [7:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.14/) — וְחִתַּתַּנִי בַחֲלֹמוֹת וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ — Then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions; - [7:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.15/) — וַתִּבְחַר מַחֲנָק נַפְשִׁי מָוֶת מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ — So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than these my bones. - [7:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.16/) — מָאַסְתִּי לֹא־לְעֹלָם אֶֽחְיֶה חֲדַל מִמֶּנִּי כִּי־הֶבֶל יָמָֽי׃ — I loathe it; I shall not live alway; let me alone; for my days are vanity. - [7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.17/) — מָֽה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי תְגַדְּלֶנּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁית אֵלָיו לִבֶּֽךָ׃ — What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him, and that Thou shouldest set Thy heart upon him, - [7:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.18/) — וַתִּפְקְדֶנּוּ לִבְקָרִים לִרְגָעִים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃ — And that Thou shouldest remember him every morning, and try him every moment? - [7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.19/) — כַּמָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶה מִמֶּנִּי לֹֽא־תַרְפֵּנִי עַד־בִּלְעִי רֻקִּֽי׃ — How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? - [7:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.20/) — חָטָאתִי מָה אֶפְעַל ׀ לָךְ נֹצֵר הָאָדָם לָמָה שַׂמְתַּנִי לְמִפְגָּע לָךְ וָאֶהְיֶה עָלַי לְמַשָּֽׂא׃ — If I have sinned, what do I unto Thee, O Thou watcher of men? Why hast Thou set me as a mark for Thee, so that I am a burden to myself? - [7:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.21/) — וּמֶה ׀ לֹא־תִשָּׂא פִשְׁעִי וְתַעֲבִיר אֶת־עֲוֺנִי כִּֽי־עַתָּה לֶעָפָר אֶשְׁכָּב וְשִׁחֲרְתַּנִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃פ — And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and Thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be. - ← previous: [Job 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/6/) - next →: [Job 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/8/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)