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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Job 16:6
Though I do speak, unassuaged is my stinging pain, - And, if I forbear, of what am I relieved?
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Christian Standard Bible®
If I speak, my suffering is not relieved,and if I hold back, does any of it leave me?
If I speak, my suffering is not relieved,and if I hold back, does any of it leave me?
Hebrew Names Version
"Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
"Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
King James Version
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
English Standard Version
"If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
"If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
New Century Version
"Even if I speak, my pain is not less, and if I don't speak, it still does not go away.
"Even if I speak, my pain is not less, and if I don't speak, it still does not go away.
New English Translation
"But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking —how much of it goes away?
"But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking —how much of it goes away?
Amplified Bible
"If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my pain is not relieved; And if I refrain [from speaking], what [pain or anguish] leaves me?
"If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my pain is not relieved; And if I refrain [from speaking], what [pain or anguish] leaves me?
New American Standard Bible
"If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I refrain, what pain leaves me?
"If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I refrain, what pain leaves me?
World English Bible
"Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
"Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Though I speake, my sorow can not be asswaged: though I cease, what release haue I?
Though I speake, my sorow can not be asswaged: though I cease, what release haue I?
Legacy Standard Bible
"If I speak, my pain is not lessened,And if I cease, what will go forth from me?
"If I speak, my pain is not lessened,And if I cease, what will go forth from me?
Berean Standard Bible
Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
Contemporary English Version
If I speak, or if I don't, I hurt all the same. My torment continues.
If I speak, or if I don't, I hurt all the same. My torment continues.
Complete Jewish Bible
If I speak, my own pain isn't eased; and if I don't speak, it still doesn't leave.
If I speak, my own pain isn't eased; and if I don't speak, it still doesn't leave.
Darby Translation
If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?
If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?
Easy-to-Read Version
"Nothing I say makes my pain go away. But keeping quiet does not help either.
"Nothing I say makes my pain go away. But keeping quiet does not help either.
George Lamsa Translation
If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, who can comfort me?
If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, who can comfort me?
Good News Translation
But nothing I say helps, and being silent does not calm my pain.
But nothing I say helps, and being silent does not calm my pain.
Lexham English Bible
If I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I cease, how much will leave me?
If I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I cease, how much will leave me?
Literal Translation
If I speak, my pain is not held back; and though I forbear, what goes from me?
If I speak, my pain is not held back; and though I forbear, what goes from me?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But what shall I do? For all my wordes, my sorow wil not ceasse: and though I holde my toge, yet wil it not departe fro me.
But what shall I do? For all my wordes, my sorow wil not ceasse: and though I holde my toge, yet wil it not departe fro me.
American Standard Version
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?
Bible in Basic English
If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?
If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?
King James Version (1611)
Though I speake, my griefe is not asswaged: and though I forbeare; what am I eased?
Though I speake, my griefe is not asswaged: and though I forbeare; what am I eased?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For all my wordes my sorowe wyll not ceasse: And though I holde my tongue, what am I eased?
For all my wordes my sorowe wyll not ceasse: And though I holde my tongue, what am I eased?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips.
And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips.
English Revised Version
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But what schal Y do? If Y speke, my sorewe restith not; and if Y am stille, it goith not awei fro me.
But what schal Y do? If Y speke, my sorewe restith not; and if Y am stille, it goith not awei fro me.
Update Bible Version
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?
Webster's Bible Translation
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?
New King James Version
"Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
"Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
New Living Translation
Instead, I suffer if I defend myself, and I suffer no less if I refuse to speak.
Instead, I suffer if I defend myself, and I suffer no less if I refuse to speak.
New Life Bible
"If I speak, my pain is not made less. And if I keep quiet, it does not leave me.
"If I speak, my pain is not made less. And if I keep quiet, it does not leave me.
New Revised Standard
"If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
"If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
Douay-Rheims Bible
(16-7) But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.
(16-7) But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.
Revised Standard Version
"If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
"If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
Young's Literal Translation
If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease -- what goeth from me?
If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease -- what goeth from me?
THE MESSAGE
"When I speak up, I feel no better; if I say nothing, that doesn't help either. I feel worn down. God, you have wasted me totally—me and my family! You've shriveled me like a dried prune, showing the world that you're against me. My gaunt face stares back at me from the mirror, a mute witness to your treatment of me. Your anger tears at me, your teeth rip me to shreds, your eyes burn holes in me—God, my enemy! People take one look at me and gasp. Contemptuous, they slap me around and gang up against me. And God just stands there and lets them do it, lets wicked people do what they want with me. I was contentedly minding my business when God beat me up. He grabbed me by the neck and threw me around. He set me up as his target, then rounded up archers to shoot at me. Merciless, they shot me full of arrows; bitter bile poured from my gut to the ground. He burst in on me, onslaught after onslaught, charging me like a mad bull.
"When I speak up, I feel no better; if I say nothing, that doesn't help either. I feel worn down. God, you have wasted me totally—me and my family! You've shriveled me like a dried prune, showing the world that you're against me. My gaunt face stares back at me from the mirror, a mute witness to your treatment of me. Your anger tears at me, your teeth rip me to shreds, your eyes burn holes in me—God, my enemy! People take one look at me and gasp. Contemptuous, they slap me around and gang up against me. And God just stands there and lets them do it, lets wicked people do what they want with me. I was contentedly minding my business when God beat me up. He grabbed me by the neck and threw me around. He set me up as his target, then rounded up archers to shoot at me. Merciless, they shot me full of arrows; bitter bile poured from my gut to the ground. He burst in on me, onslaught after onslaught, charging me like a mad bull.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?
"If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?
Contextual Overview
6 Though I do speak, unassuaged is my stinging pain, - And, if I forbear, of what am I relieved? 7 But, now, hath he wearied me, thou hast destroyed all my family; 8 And, having captured me, it hath served, as a witness; and so my wasting away hath risen up against me, in my face, it answereth. 9 His anger, hath torn and persecuted me, He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth, Mine adversary, hath sharpened his eyes for me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth, With reproach, have they smitten my cheek, Together, against me, have they closed their ranks. 11 GOD doth abandon me to him that is perverse, and, into the hands of the lawless, he throweth me headlong. 12 At ease, was I when he shattered me, Yea he seized me by my neck, and dashed me in pieces, then set me up for himself as a mark: 13 His archers came round against me, He clave asunder my reins, and spared not, He poured out, on the earth, my gall: 14 He made a breach in me, breach upon breach, He ran upon me, like a mighty man. 15 Sackcloth, sewed I on my skin, and rolled - in the dust - my horn:
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
my grief: Job 10:1, Psalms 77:1-9, Psalms 88:15-18
what am I eased: Heb. what goeth from me
Reciprocal: Job 7:11 - I will not
Cross-References
Genesis 16:8
So he said Hagar! handmaid of Sarai! Whence hast thou come, and whither wouldst thou go? And she said, From the face of Sarai, my lady, am, I, fleeing.
So he said Hagar! handmaid of Sarai! Whence hast thou come, and whither wouldst thou go? And she said, From the face of Sarai, my lady, am, I, fleeing.
Genesis 16:9
And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, Return unto thy lady, - and humble thyself under her hands.
And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, Return unto thy lady, - and humble thyself under her hands.
Genesis 24:10
Then took the servant ten camels, from among the camels of his lord, and went his way, - all the goods of his master being in his hand, - so be mounted, and went his way unto Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Then took the servant ten camels, from among the camels of his lord, and went his way, - all the goods of his master being in his hand, - so be mounted, and went his way unto Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Exodus 2:15
So Pharaoh heard this thing, and sought to slay Moses, - and Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian and sat down by the well.
So Pharaoh heard this thing, and sought to slay Moses, - and Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian and sat down by the well.
Job 2:6
And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Behold him! in thy hand, - only, his life, preserve thou!
And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Behold him! in thy hand, - only, his life, preserve thou!
Proverbs 14:29
One slow to anger, hath great understanding, but, the hasty in spirit, exalteth folly.
One slow to anger, hath great understanding, but, the hasty in spirit, exalteth folly.
Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer, turneth away wrath, but a cutting word raiseth anger.
A soft answer, turneth away wrath, but a cutting word raiseth anger.
Proverbs 27:8
As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.
As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.
Proverbs 29:19
By words, a servant will not be corrected, though he perceiveth, yet is there no answer.
By words, a servant will not be corrected, though he perceiveth, yet is there no answer.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If, the spirit of a ruler, riseth up against thee, thy place, do not leave, for gentleness, pacifieth such as have greatly erred.
If, the spirit of a ruler, riseth up against thee, thy place, do not leave, for gentleness, pacifieth such as have greatly erred.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged,.... Though he spoke to God in prayer, and entreated for some abatement of his sorrows, he got no relief; and though he spoke to himself in soliloquies, his sorrow was not repressed nor lessened; he could not administer comfort to himself in the present case, though he might to others in like circumstances, if his own were changed;
and [though] I forbear speaking, hold my peace, and say nothing,
what am I eased? or "what goes from me" t? not anything of my trouble or grief; sometimes a man speaking of his troubles to his friends gives vent to his grief, and he is somewhat eased; and on the other hand being silent about it, he forgets it, and it goes off; but in neither of those ways could Job be released: or it may be his sense is, that when he spake of his affliction, and attempted to vindicate his character, he was represented as an impatient and passionate man, if not as blasphemous, so that his grief was rather increased than assuaged; and if he was silent, that was interpreted a consciousness of his guilt; so that, let him take what course he would, it was much the same, he could get no ease nor comfort.
t מה מני יחלך "quid a me abit", Junius & Tremellius, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged - “But for me, it makes now no difference whether I speak or am silent. My sufferings continue. If I attempt to vindicate myself before people, I am reproached; and equally so if I am silent. If I maintain my cause before God, it avails me nothing, for my sufferings continue. If I am silent, and submit without a complaint, they are the same. Neither silence, nor argument, nor entreaty, avail me before God or man. I am doomed to suffering.”
What am I eased? - Margin. “Goeth from me.” Literally, “what goeth from me?” The sense is, that it all availed nothing.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 16:6. Though I speak — But it will be of no avail thus to speak; for reprehensions of your conduct will not serve to mitigate my sufferings.
