“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 16:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Surely now God has worn me out; he has made desolate all my company. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But now [God] has taken away my strength. You [O Lord] have made desolate all my family and associates. American Standard Version (1901) But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company. Common English Bible Now God has surely worn me out. You have destroyed my entire group, Catholic Public Domain Version But what can I do? When I am speaking, my grief will not be quiet; and if I am quiet, it will not withdraw from me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me. |
“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“He has put my family far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath.
so I am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
The Lord God has given me a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens, wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.
Therefore I have begun to strike you down, making you desolate because of your sins.