Job

Job 7:13–15

¹³When I think my bed will comfort me

and my couch will ease my complaint,

¹⁴then You frighten me with dreams

and terrify me with visions,

¹⁵so that I would prefer strangling and death

over my life in this body.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I think	אָ֭מַרְתִּי	’ā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
my bed	עַרְשִׂ֑י	‘ar·śî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H6210 couch, divan
will comfort me	תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי	tə·na·ḥă·mê·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; first person common singular	H5162 be sorry, console
and my couch	מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃	miš·kā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H4904 place of lying, couch; act of lying
will ease	יִשָּׂ֥א	yiś·śā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
my complaint	בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י	ḇə·śî·ḥî	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7879 complaint, musing

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
then You frighten me	וְחִתַּתַּ֥נִי	wə·ḥit·tat·ta·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H2865 be shattered, dismayed
with dreams	בַחֲלֹמ֑וֹת	ḇa·ḥă·lō·mō·wṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2472 dream
and terrify me	תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃	tə·ḇa·‘ă·ṯan·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H1204 fall upon, startle, terrify
with visions	וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנ֥וֹת	ū·mê·ḥez·yō·nō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural	H2384 vision

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
so that I	נַפְשִׁ֑י	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
would prefer	וַתִּבְחַ֣ר	wat·tiḇ·ḥar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H977 choose
strangling	מַחֲנָ֣ק	ma·ḥă·nāq	Noun - masculine singular	H4267 strangling, suffocation
and death	מָ֝֗וֶת	mā·weṯ	Noun - masculine singular	H4194 death
over my life in this body	מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃	mê·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāy	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H6106 bone, substance, self

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 7:13 Psalm 6:6 · Psalm 77:4

Job 7:14 Genesis 41:8 · Genesis 40:5–7 · Daniel 2:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.