“And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.
Job 3:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) For my sighing comes as my bread, and my groanings are poured out like water. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my roarings are poured out like the waters. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For my sighing comes before my food, and my groanings are poured out like water. American Standard Version (1901) For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water. Common English Bible My groans become my bread; my roars pour out like water. Catholic Public Domain Version Before I eat, I sigh; and like overflowing waters, so is my howl, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Before I eat, I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring. |
“And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.
My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.
How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
When I declared not my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in full measure.
We all growl like bears, we moan and moan like doves; we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
So they gathered at Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah.