Job 7:12
“Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch ouer me?”
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Job 7:12 Context
10Hee shall returne no more to his house: neither shall his place know him any more. 11Therefore I will not refraine my mouth, I wil speake in the anguish of my spirit, I will complaine in the bitternesse of my soule. 12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch ouer me? 13When I say, My bed shal comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint: 14Then thou skarest mee with dreames, and terrifiest me through visions.
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Other Translations for Job 7:12
[Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
- King James Version
"Am I the sea, or the sea monster, That You set a guard over me?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?
- Basic English Bible
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
- Darby Bible
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
- Webster's Bible
Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
- World English Bible
A sea-[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that Thou settest a watch over me?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 7:12
7:12 A sea - Am I as fierce and unruly as the sea, which, if thou didst not set bounds to it, would overwhelm the earth? Or, am I a vast and ungovernable sea - monster? Which thou must restrain by thy powerful providence. That, &c. - That thou shouldest guard and restrain me with such heavy and unexampled miseries? We are apt in affliction to complain of God, as if he laid more upon us than there is occasion for: whereas we are never in heaviness, but when there is need, nor more than there is need.