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Job 7:13

Job 7:13

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

When I say, my bed shall comfort me,.... When he thought within himself that he would lie down upon his bed and try if he could get a little sleep, which might comfort and refresh him, and which he promised himself he should obtain by this means, as he had formerly had an experience of:my couch shall ease my complaint; he concluded, that by lying down upon his couch, and falling asleep, it would give some ease of body and mind; that his body would, at least, for some time be free from pain, and his mind composed, and should cease from complaining for a while; which interval would be a relief to him, and of considerable service.

Some render it, "my couch shall burn" ; be all on fire, and torture me instead of giving ease; and so may have respect to his burning ulcers. avy "ardebit", Pagninus; so Kimchi in Sepher Shorash.

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