Job 16:6

“Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?

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WEBBE

“Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?

BSB

Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

KJV

Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

ASV

Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?

BBE

If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?

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אִם־ 'im- if H518 אֲדַבְּרָה 'a·da·be·rah I will speak H1696 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 יֵחָשֵׂךְ ye·cha·sekh it will be restrained H2820 כְּאֵבִי ke·'e·vi pain my H3511 וְאַחְדְּלָה ve·'ach·de·lah and I will cease H2308 מַה־ mah- what H4100 מִנִּי mi·ni from me H4480 יַהֲלֹךְ ya·ha·lokh will it go H1980

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–16

Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

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Afflictions And Adversities

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.