Job 16:6
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
KJV
roborarem vos ore meo, et moverem labia mea, quasi parcens vobis.
Vulgate
εἴη δὲ ἰσχὺς ἐν τῷ στόματί μου, κίνησιν δὲ χειλέων οὐ φείσομαι.
LXX
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?
ASV
אִֽם אֲ֭דַבְּרָה לֹא יֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְ כְּאֵבִ֑/י וְ֝/אַחְדְּלָ֗ה מַה מִ/נִּ֥י יַהֲלֹֽךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶחְדָּ֑ל
'chdl
verb · 59×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
חָשַׂ֣ךְ
chshk
verb · 27×
י
y
noun · 6×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 7:11 — Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 10:1 — My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- Ps 88:15 — I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.