“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 16:6 - New Revised Standard Version “If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: And though I forbear, what am I eased? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my sorrow is not soothed or lessened; and if I refrain [from speaking], in what way am I eased? [I hardly know whether to answer you or be silent.] American Standard Version (1901) Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased? Common English Bible If I speak, my pain is not eased; if I hold back, what have I lost? Catholic Public Domain Version I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as if being lenient to you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you. |
“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I could encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint; I will put off my sad countenance and be of good cheer,’
I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know you will not hold me innocent.