{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/job/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:50:11.648Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Remember Thou that my life is a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes are upon me — and I am not."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Also I — I withhold not my mouth — I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"A sea -monster am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"I have wasted away — not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"What is man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself — and what?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me — and I am not!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 7 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 7](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/7 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}