Job 7:13

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

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Job speaks to God in the midst of his prolonged suffering, positioned between his rhetorical question about his status in Job 7:12 and his description of God's nighttime afflictions in Job 7:14.

The words — The Hebrew `תְּנַחֲמֵ֣/נִי` (te.na.cha.Me./ni) means "it will comfort me," while `יִשָּׂ֥א` (yi.Sa'), "it will carry," literally describes the bed or couch bearing the weight of his complaint.

The thread — The expectation of nighttime relief appears in Job 7:3, where misery is appointed, and reappears in Psalms 6:6 and Psalms 77:4, where weeping and sleeplessness replace physical comfort.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that physical rest fails to alleviate unrelieved suffering, exposing the gap between human expectation and divine reality.

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The Hebrew words

כִּֽי־ki-if אָ֭מַרְתִּי'A.mar.tiI said תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִיte.na.cha.Me./niit will comfort/ me עַרְשִׂ֑י'ar.S/icouch/ my יִשָּׂ֥אyi.Sa'it will carry בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗יve./si.Ch/iin/ complaint/ my מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃mish.ka.V/ibed/ my

King James Version

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Cross-references

Psalms 6:6 I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
Psalms 77:4 You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
Job 7:3 So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
Job 9:27 If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’