Job 6:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.”
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BSBPD
“My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“My soul is refusing to touch! They <FI>are<Fi> as my sickening food.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 6:7 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 17:12But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
- 1 Kings 22:27and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
- Job 3:24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
- Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
- Ezekiel 4:14“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
- Ezekiel 4:16Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
- Ezekiel 12:18“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
- Daniel 10:3I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
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