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Job 7:12

World English Bible

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

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Job 7:12 in other translations

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

Job 7:12 · American Standard Version

Job 7:12 in context

  1. 10He will return no more to his house,
    neither will his place know him any more.
  2. 11“Therefore I will not keep silent.
    I will speak in the anguish of my spirit.
    I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
  3. 12Am I a sea, or a sea monster,
    that you put a guard over me?
  4. 13When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me.
    My couch will ease my complaint;’
  5. 14then you scare me with dreams,
    and terrify me through visions: