Job 7:12 “Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under…”

Job 7:12

Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

World English Bible

Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

American Standard Version

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

Geneva Bible 1599

Am I a sea or a whalefish, that thou keepest me in warde?

Darby Translation

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?

Young's Literal Translation

A sea -[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?

Bible in Basic English

Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?

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Cross references

“I a sea”

Job 7:17 Job 38:6–11 Lamentations 3:7

Job 7:17 · BSB

What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,

Job 38:6–11 · BSB

On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

Lamentations 3:7 · BSB

He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

“a whale”

Job 41:1–34

Job 41:1–34 · BSB

“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

Also

Ezekiel 32:2–3

Ezekiel 32:2–3 · BSB

“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet a…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

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