Job 16:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease--what goeth from me?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 16:6 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  2. Psalms 77:1I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.
  3. Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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