Job 9:18
What does Job 9:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 9:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 88:7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. [Selah
- Psalms 88:15
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
- Hebrews 12:11
All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.
- Lamentations 3:18
And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
- Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
- Job 27:2
As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul
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