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Job 9:27

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

KJV

Cum dixero : Nequaquam ita loquar : commuto faciem meam, et dolore torqueor.

Vulgate

ἐάν τε γὰρ εἴπω, ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν, συνκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω.

LXX

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer;

ASV

אִם אָ֭מְרִ/י אֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה שִׂיחִ֑/י אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה פָנַ֣/י וְ/אַבְלִֽיגָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
י
y
noun · 14×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַּבְלִ֥יג
mblyg
verb · 3×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
shkchty
verb · 102×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
  • Job 7:13 — When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;