Job 16:6

In 11 translations

BSB

Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

KJV

Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?what…: Heb. what goeth from me?

WEB

“Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?

ASV

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

LSV

If I speak, my pain is not restrained, || And I cease—what goes from me?

YLT

If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease — what goeth from me?

DBY

If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?

DRC16:7

But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.

GNV

Though I speake, my sorow can not be asswaged: though I cease, what release haue I?

JPS

Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?

LXXE

For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?

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WLC

אִֽם־אֲ֭דַבְּרָה לֹא־יֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְ כְּאֵבִ֑י וְ֝אַחְדְּלָ֗ה מַה־מִנִּ֥י יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν γὰρ λαλήσω, οὐκ ἀλγήσω τὸ τραῦμα· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ σιωπήσω, τί ἔλαττον τρωθήσομαι;

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• Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Psalms 88:15–18From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every…
• Psalms 77:1–9I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me. In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted. I remembered You, O God, and I…

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