Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,’ New Living Translation If I decided to forget my complaints, to put away my sad face and be cheerful, English Standard Version If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and be of good cheer,’ Berean Standard Bible If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’ King James Bible If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: New King James Version If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,’ New American Standard Bible “Though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put my face in order and be cheerful,’ NASB 1995 “Though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,’ NASB 1977 “Though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,’ Legacy Standard Bible Though I say, ‘I will forget my musing, I will forsake my sad countenance and be cheerful,’ Amplified Bible “If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad appearance, and be cheerful and brighten up,’ Christian Standard Bible If I said, “I will forget my complaint, change my expression, and smile,” Holman Christian Standard Bible If I said, “I will forget my complaint, change my expression, and smile,” American Standard Version If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer; Aramaic Bible in Plain English With my bitterness I have forgotten my story; if I shall leave my meditation or my words, I am grieved Brenton Septuagint Translation And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan; Contemporary English Version Sometimes I try to be cheerful and to stop complaining, Douay-Rheims Bible If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow. English Revised Version If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer: GOD'S WORD® Translation [Even] if I say, 'I will forget my complaining; I will change my expression and smile,' International Standard Version If I were to say, 'Let me forget my complaint,' change the expression on my face, and look cheerful, JPS Tanakh 1917 If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer', Literal Standard Version Though I say, I forget my talking, | I forsake my corner, and I brighten up! Majority Standard Bible If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’ New American Bible If I say: I will forget my complaining, I will lay aside my sadness and be of good cheer, NET Bible If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,' New Revised Standard Version If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint; I will put off my sad countenance and be of good cheer,’ New Heart English Bible If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;' Webster's Bible Translation If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: World English Bible If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’ Young's Literal Translation Though I say, 'I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!' Additional Translations ... Context Job: How Can I Argue with God?…26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. 27If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’ 28I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.… Cross References Job 7:11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Job 16:6 Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away? Psalm 55:2 Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught Treasury of Scripture If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: Job 7:13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; Psalm 77:2,3 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted… Jeremiah 8:18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. Jump to Previous Bright Brighten Change Cheer Cheerful Comfort Complaint Corner Countenance Expression Face Forget Forsake Good Grief Heaviness Leave Mind Sad Smile TalkingJump to Next Bright Brighten Change Cheer Cheerful Comfort Complaint Corner Countenance Expression Face Forget Forsake Good Grief Heaviness Leave Mind Sad Smile TalkingJob 9 1. Job acknowledges God's justice22. Man's innocence is not to be condemned by afflictions Verse 27. - If I say, I will forget my complaint (comp. above, Job 7:13). Job represents himself as sometimes, for a moment, imagining that he might put aside his load of sorrow by not thinking of it. He tries, and says to himself, "I will forget," etc.; but in vain. The whole mass of his sufferings seems to rise up against him, and make even momentary forgetfulness impossible. I will leave off my heaviness; or, my black looks. And comfort myself (comp. Job 10:20 and Psalm 39:13, where the same verb is rendered "recover strength"). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not I say, אָ֭מְרִי (’ā·mə·rî) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘I will forget אֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה (’eš·kə·ḥāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention my complaint, שִׂיחִ֑י (śî·ḥî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 7879: A contemplation, an utterance I will change אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה (’e·‘ez·ḇāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit my expression, פָנַ֣י (p̄ā·nay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6440: The face and smile,’ וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃ (wə·’aḇ·lî·ḡāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 1082: To break off, loose, desist, invade Links Job 9:27 NIVJob 9:27 NLT Job 9:27 ESV Job 9:27 NASB Job 9:27 KJV Job 9:27 BibleApps.com Job 9:27 Biblia Paralela Job 9:27 Chinese Bible Job 9:27 French Bible Job 9:27 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 9:27 If I say 'I will forget my (Jb) |
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