Job 6:7

In 11 translations

BSB

My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

KJV

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

WEB

My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.

ASV

My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.

LSV

My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.

YLT

My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.

DBY

What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.

DRC

The things which before my soul would not touch, now, through anguish are my meats.

GNV

Such things as my soule refused to touch, as were sorowes, are my meate.

JPS

My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.

LXXE

For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion to be loathsome.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מֵאֲנָ֣ה לִנְגּ֣וֹעַ נַפְשִׁ֑י הֵ֝֗מָּה כִּדְוֵ֥י לַחְמִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ δύναται γὰρ παύσασθαί μου ἡ ὀργή· βρόμον γὰρ ὁρῶ τὰ σῖτά μου ὥσπερ ὀσμὴν λέοντος.

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• Ezekiel 4:14“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
• Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
• 1 Kings 22:27and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
• Ezekiel 4:16Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
• Job 3:24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
• 1 Kings 17:12But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and…
• Daniel 10:3I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
• Ezekiel 12:18–19“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety. Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of…

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