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Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

Job 7:19

In 11 translations

BSB
Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
KJV
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
WEB
How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
ASV
How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
LSV
How long do You not look from me? You do not desist until I swallow my spittle.
YLT
How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.
DBY
How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
DRC
How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle?
GNV
Howe long will it be yer thou depart from me? thou wilt not let me alone whiles I may swallowe my spettle.
JPS
How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
LXXE
How long dost thou not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?

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Original-language editions

WLC
כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי׃
LXX-Br
Ἕως τίνος οὐκ ἐᾷς με, οὐδὲ προΐῃ με, ἕως ἂν καταπίω τὸν πτύελόν μου;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 9:18He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
  • Job 14:6look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
  • Psalms 13:1–3How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me? Consider me and respond,…
  • Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
  • Psalms 6:3My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
  • Psalms 94:3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?

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