“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
Job 9:27 - New Revised Standard Version If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint; I will put off my sad countenance and be of good cheer,’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer; Common English Bible If I say, “I’ll forget my lament, put on a different face so I can smile,” Catholic Public Domain Version 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 If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow. |
“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,’
Attend to me, and answer me; I am troubled in my complaint. I am distraught