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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Contemporary English Version
Job 9:18
Before I could get my breath, my miseries would multiply.
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Christian Standard Bible®
He doesn’t let me catch my breathbut fills me with bitter experiences.
He doesn’t let me catch my breathbut fills me with bitter experiences.
Hebrew Names Version
He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
English Standard Version
he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
New Century Version
He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.
He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.
New English Translation
He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.
He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.
Amplified Bible
"He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills and saturates me with bitterness.
"He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills and saturates me with bitterness.
New American Standard Bible
"He will not allow me to get my breath, But He saturates me with bitterness.
"He will not allow me to get my breath, But He saturates me with bitterness.
World English Bible
He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
Legacy Standard Bible
He will not allow me to get my breath,But saturates me with bitterness.
He will not allow me to get my breath,But saturates me with bitterness.
Berean Standard Bible
He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
Complete Jewish Bible
to the point where I couldn't even breathe — with such bitterness he could fill me!
to the point where I couldn't even breathe — with such bitterness he could fill me!
Darby Translation
He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
Easy-to-Read Version
He would not let me catch my breath again. He would just give me more trouble.
He would not let me catch my breath again. He would just give me more trouble.
George Lamsa Translation
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Good News Translation
He won't let me catch my breath; he has filled my life with bitterness.
He won't let me catch my breath; he has filled my life with bitterness.
Lexham English Bible
He will not allow me to catch my breath; rather, he will fill me with bitterness.
He will not allow me to catch my breath; rather, he will fill me with bitterness.
Literal Translation
who will not allow me to bring back my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
who will not allow me to bring back my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He will not let my sprete be in rest, but fylleth me wt bytternesse.
He will not let my sprete be in rest, but fylleth me wt bytternesse.
American Standard Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
Bible in Basic English
He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.
He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
King James Version (1611)
Hee will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
Hee will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.
For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.
English Revised Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He grauntith not, that my spirit haue reste, and he fillith me with bittirnesses.
He grauntith not, that my spirit haue reste, and he fillith me with bittirnesses.
Update Bible Version
He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
Webster's Bible Translation
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
New King James Version
He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
New Living Translation
He will not let me catch my breath, but fills me instead with bitter sorrows.
He will not let me catch my breath, but fills me instead with bitter sorrows.
New Life Bible
He will not let me get my breath, but fills me with much that is bitter.
He will not let me get my breath, but fills me with much that is bitter.
New Revised Standard
he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.
He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
Revised Standard Version
he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Young's Literal Translation
He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.
He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He will not allow me to get my breath, But saturates me with bitterness.
"He will not allow me to get my breath, But saturates me with bitterness.
Contextual Overview
14 How, then, could I possibly argue my case with God? 15 Even though I am innocent, I can only beg for mercy. 16 And if God came into court when I called him, he would not hear my case. 17 He would strike me with a storm and increase my injuries for no reason at all. 18 Before I could get my breath, my miseries would multiply. 19 God is much stronger than I am, and who would call me into court to give me justice? 20 Even if I were innocent, God would prove me wrong. 21 I am not guilty, but I no longer care what happens to me.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
will not: Job 7:19, Psalms 39:13, Psalms 88:7, Psalms 88:15-18, Lamentations 3:3, Lamentations 3:18
filleth me: Job 3:20, Lamentations 3:15, Lamentations 3:19, Hebrews 12:11
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:10 - in bitterness of soul Esther 4:14 - enlargement Job 21:25 - in the bitterness Job 40:2 - he that reproveth Proverbs 14:10 - heart
Cross-References
Genesis 9:23
Shem and Japheth put a robe over their shoulders and walked backwards into the tent. Without looking at their father, they placed it over his body.
Shem and Japheth put a robe over their shoulders and walked backwards into the tent. Without looking at their father, they placed it over his body.
Genesis 9:25
he said, "I now put a curse on Canaan! He will be the lowest slave of his brothers.
he said, "I now put a curse on Canaan! He will be the lowest slave of his brothers.
Genesis 9:27
I pray that the Lord will give Japheth more and more land and let him take over the territory of Shem. May Canaan be his slave."
I pray that the Lord will give Japheth more and more land and let him take over the territory of Shem. May Canaan be his slave."
Genesis 10:1
After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants.
After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants.
Genesis 10:6
Ham's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, a mighty warrior whose strength came from the Lord . Nimrod is the reason for the saying, "You hunt like Nimrod with the strength of the Lord !" Nimrod first ruled in Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all of which were in Babylonia. From there Nimrod went to Assyria and built the great city of Nineveh. He also built Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, as well as Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah. Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. Canaan's sons were Sidon and Heth. He was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread from the territory of Sidon and went as far as Gaza in the direction of Gerar. They also went as far as Lasha in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim.
Ham's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, a mighty warrior whose strength came from the Lord . Nimrod is the reason for the saying, "You hunt like Nimrod with the strength of the Lord !" Nimrod first ruled in Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all of which were in Babylonia. From there Nimrod went to Assyria and built the great city of Nineveh. He also built Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, as well as Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah. Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. Canaan's sons were Sidon and Heth. He was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread from the territory of Sidon and went as far as Gaza in the direction of Gerar. They also went as far as Lasha in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He will not suffer me to take my breath,.... Which some think refers to Job's disease, which was either an asthma, or a quinsy in his throat, which occasioned great difficulty in breathing: I should rather think the allusion is to the hot burning winds in those countries before mentioned, which sometimes blew so strongly as almost to take away a man's breath; so the above traveller u reports, that between Suez and Cairo (in Egypt) they had for a day's time and more so hot a wind, that they were forced to turn their backs to it, to take a little breath. The design of Job is to show, that his afflictions were continued, and were without any intervals; they were repeated so fast, and came so thick upon him, one after another, that he had no breathing time; the import of the phrase is the same with that in Job 7:19;
but filleth me with bitterness; to the full, to satiety, to loathing, as a man may be with a bitter potion, with wormwood drink, and water of gall, with bitter afflictions comparable to such, whereby Job's life was embittered to him, see Jeremiah 9:15.
u Travels. par. 1. B. 2. c. 34. p. 177.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He will not suffer me to take my breath; - see the notes at Job 7:19.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 9:18. He will not suffer me to take my breath — I have no respite in my afflictions; I suffer continually in my body, and my mind is incessantly harassed.
