Job 3:26
24 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.
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 am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
- KJV
- I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
- WEB
- I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes.”
- ASV
- I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.
- DARBY
- I was not in safety, neither had I quietness, neither was I at rest, and trouble came.
- BLB
- I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; and I do not have rest, and turmoil has come.”
- ÅB
- Jeg har ikke fred, ikke ro, ikke hvile - det kommer alltid ny uro.
[^1]: Gud. - OTB
- Jeg har ingen fred, ingen ro,
ingen hvile, men bare uro.” - B1930
- Jeg har ikke fred, ikke ro, ikke hvile - det kommer alltid ny uro.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 7:14
then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
Read in contextJob 27:9
Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
Read in contextPsalms 143:11
For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
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