Job 3:24

Easy To Read Version

When it is time to eat,\par I only sigh with sadness\par not with joy.\par My complaints pour out like water.\par

Cross References

Job 30:16

“Now my life is almost gone,\par and I will soon die.\par Days of suffering have grabbed me.\par

Job 33:20

Then that person can’t eat.\par That person has so much pain\par that he hates even the best food.\par

Job 6:7

I refuse to touch it;\par that kind of food makes me sick!\par \{And that is what your words\par are like to me now.\}\par

Job 7:19

God, you never look away from me.\par You won’t leave me alone for a second.\par

Psalm 102:9

My great sadness is my only food.\par My tears fall into my drinks.\par

Psalm 32:3

God, I prayed to you again and again,\par but I did not talk \{about my secret sins\}.\par I only became weaker every time I prayed.\par

Psalm 38:8

I hurt so much I can’t feel anything.\par My pounding heart makes me scream!\par

Psalm 80:5

You have given tears as food to your people.\par You have given your people bowls\par filled with their tears.\par That was their water to drink.\par

Isaiah 59:11

We are all \{very sad\},\par making sad sounds like doves and bears.\par We are waiting for a time\par when people are fair.\par But there is no fairness yet.\par We are waiting to be saved,\par but salvation is still far away.\par

Lamentations 3:8

Even when I cry out and ask for help,\par the Lord does not listen to my prayer.\par

1 Samuel 7:6

The Israelites met together at Mizpah. They got water and poured it out before the Lord. {In this way, they began a time of fasting.} They did not eat any food that day and they confessed their sins. They said, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel served as a judge [86] of Israel at Mizpah.