Job 6:7
What does Job 6:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 6:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862My soul is refusing to touch! They <FI>are<Fi> as my sickening food.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The things which before my soul would not touch, now, through anguish, are my meats.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 22:27
and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
- 1 Kings 17:12
And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
- Ezekiel 12:18
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with fearfulness;
- Job 3:24
For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
- Daniel 10:3
I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
- Ezekiel 4:16
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
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