Job 7:13–15
Job 7:13–15 — The New International Version (NIV)
13 When I think my bed will comfort me
and my couch will ease my complaint,
14 even then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
15 so that I prefer strangling and death,
rather than this body of mine.
Job 7:13–15 — English Standard Version (ESV)
13 When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,’
14 then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
15 so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than my bones.
Job 7:13–15 — New Living Translation (NLT)
13 I think, ‘My bed will comfort me,
and sleep will ease my misery,’
14 but then you shatter me with dreams
and terrify me with visions.
15 I would rather be strangled—
rather die than suffer like this.
Job 7:13–15 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
13 When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
14 Then You scare me with dreams
And terrify me with visions,
15 So that my soul chooses strangling
And death rather than my body.
Job 7:13–15 — New Century Version (NCV)
13 Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me
or that my couch will stop my complaint.
14 Then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify me with visions.
15 My throat prefers to be choked;
my bones welcome death.
Job 7:13–15 — American Standard Version (ASV)
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me,
My couch shall ease my complaint;
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams,
And terrifiest me through visions:
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling,
And death rather than these my bones.
Job 7:13–15 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions; 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
Job 7:13–15 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
13 When I say,
‘My couch may give me comfort.
My bed may help me bear my pain,’
14 then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify me with visions.
15 My throat would rather be choked.
My bodywould prefer death ⸤to these dreams⸥.
Job 7:13–15 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
13 When I say: My bed will comfort me,
and my couch will ease my complaint,
14 then You frighten me with dreams,
and terrify me with visions,
15 so that I prefer strangling —
death rather than life in this body.
Job 7:13–15 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
13 When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,’
14 then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
15 so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than this body.
Job 7:13–15 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
13 When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
and my couch will ease my complaint,’
14 then you terrify me with dreams,
and with visions you terrify me.
15 So my inner self will choose strangling—
death more than my existence.
Job 7:13–15 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
13 Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me.
I think my couch will keep me from being unhappy.
14 But even then you send me dreams that frighten me.
You send me visions that terrify me.
15 So I would rather choke to death.
That would be better than living in this body of mine.
Job 7:13–15 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
13 “If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
14 Then You frighten me with dreams
And terrify me by visions;
15 So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pains.