Job 3:24
22 who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
23 Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
25 For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
26 I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
- KJV
- For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
- WEB
- For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
- ASV
- For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
- DARBY
- For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.
- BLB
- For before my food my sighing comes, and my groanings pour out like the waters.
- ÅB
- For mine sukk er blitt mitt daglige brød, og mine klager strømmer som vannet.
- OTB
- For mine sukk kommer før min mat,
og mine stønn strømmer ut som vann. - B1930
- For mine sukk er blitt mitt daglige brød, og mine klager strømmer som vannet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Read in contextPsalms 42:3–4
My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Read in contextPsalms 80:5
You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
Read in contextPsalms 38:8
I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
Read in contextJob 33:20
so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
Read in contextPsalms 32:3
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Read in contextJob 6:7
My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
Read in contextPsalms 22:1–2
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
Read in context