Devine Scripture

Job 6:7

Job chapter 6 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.

Context

v.6Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

v.7This passage

v.8Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grantmethe thing that I long for!

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: