Job 3:24
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
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 mingled my drink with weeping,
Read in contextPsalms 42:3–4
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Read in contextPsalms 80:5
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Read in contextPsalms 38:8
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Read in contextJob 33:20
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
Read in contextPsalms 32:3
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Read in contextJob 6:7
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
Read in contextPsalms 22:1–2
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
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