Job 9:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁷ If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer:

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer and brighten up,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer;

Common English Bible

²⁷ If I say, “I’ll forget my lament, put on a different face so I can smile,”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ If I say: "By no means will I speak this way." I change my face and I am tortured with sorrow.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.

Job 9:27 Cross References

Job 16:6

Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: And though I forbear, what am I eased?

Job 7:11

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 7:13

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

Psalm 55:2

Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan;

Jeremiah 8:18

Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.