Job 7:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 7:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 7:4 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 7:4 — KJV
“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. the night...: Heb. the evening be measured?”
— Job 7:4 (KJV)
Job 7:4 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 7:4
“And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? lay: Heb. fell”
Shares key themes with Job 7:4: down, say, night
“For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. God...: Heb. Let king Adonijah live”
Shares key themes with Job 7:4: down, say, gone
“My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. restingplace: Heb. place to lie down in”
Shares key themes with Job 7:4: lie, down, gone
“Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. that...: vision: Heb. from a vision that...: divine: Heb. from divining”
Shares key themes with Job 7:4: down, night, fro
“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:4: night, day, heb
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