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Job: How Can I Contend with God?

Job 9:27

In 11 translations

BSB
If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
KJV
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
WEB
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’
ASV
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer;
LSV
Though I say, I forget my talking, || I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!
YLT
Though I say, 'I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!'
DBY
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,
DRC
If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.
GNV
If I say, I wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee,
JPS
If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
LXXE
And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan;

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Original-language editions

WLC
אִם־אָ֭מְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה שִׂיחִ֑י אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה פָנַ֣י וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃
LXX-Br
Ἐάν τε γὰρ εἶπω, ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν, συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 7:13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
  • Psalms 77:2–3In 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 groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
  • Jeremiah 8:18My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
  • Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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