The King James Version Bible

Job 7:2-11

  1. As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

  2. So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

  3. 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.

  4. My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

  5. My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

  6. O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

  7. The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

  8. As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

  9. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

  10. 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.