Job 7:3
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יָרַשׁ
yârash
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish...
חֹדֶשׁ
chôdesh
the new moon; by implication, a month
הֶבֶל
hebel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
עָמָל
ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
מוֹעֵד
môwʻêd
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a ...
Key Terms in This Verse
עָמָל ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Study H5999 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →הֶבֶל hebel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
Study H1892 →יָרַשׁ yârash
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Study H3423 →מוֹעֵד môwʻêd
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; b...
Study H4150 →Cross References
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
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