Job 9:27

Job chapter 9 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer;

King James Version · 1611

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

American Standard Version · 1901

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer;

v.26They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

v.27This passage

v.28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 7:13
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;
Psalms 77:2
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.
Job 7:11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Jeremiah 8:18
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.