unfoldingWord_en_tn/job/07/13.md

The writer continues to use parallelism in the first two verses, conveying a single idea using two different statements to emphasize Job's intense suffering. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## My bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint ##

Here "bed" and "couch" are metonyms for "sleep." In lying down to sleep, Job would hope to be comforted.  The metonyms also have human attributes; they have the ability to comfort and ease a person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

## You scare me ##

"You" refers to God to whom Job is making his complaint.

## my soul would choose strangling ##

"I would choose strangling"

## strangling ##

killing a person by squeezing his throat and stopping his breathing

## these bones of mine ##

Here Job uses the word "bones" to refer to his body. AT: "This body of mine" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]]).