Job 9:18
Modern Translations
New International Version
He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.

New Living Translation
He will not let me catch my breath, but fills me instead with bitter sorrows.

English Standard Version
he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Berean Study Bible
He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

New American Standard Bible
“He will not allow me to get my breath, But He saturates me with bitterness.

NASB 1995
"He will not allow me to get my breath, But saturates me with bitterness.

NASB 1977
“He will not allow me to get my breath, But saturates me with bitterness.

Amplified Bible
“He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills and saturates me with bitterness.

Christian Standard Bible
He doesn’t let me catch my breath but fills me with bitter experiences.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He doesn't let me catch my breath but soaks me with bitter experiences.

Contemporary English Version
Before I could get my breath, my miseries would multiply.

Good News Translation
He won't let me catch my breath; he has filled my life with bitterness.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He would not let me catch my breath. He fills me with bitterness.

International Standard Version
He won't let me catch my breath; instead, he fills me with bitterness.

NET Bible
He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

New King James Version
He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.

King James 2000 Bible
He will not permit me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

New Heart English Bible
He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

World English Bible
He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

American King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

American Standard Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.

A Faithful Version
He will not allow me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Darby Bible Translation
He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

English Revised Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

Webster's Bible Translation
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He will not let my sprete be in rest, but fylleth me wt bytternesse.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
He does not permit me to refresh my spirit, "" But fills me with bitter things.

Young's Literal Translation
He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.

Smith's Literal Translation
He will not give me to draw in my spirit, for he will fill me with bitterness.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He does not permit my spirit to rest, and he fills me with bitterness.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he has not left me that my spirit may rest, because bitterness filled me, and wormwood made me drunk

Lamsa Bible
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
That would not suffer me to take my breath, But fill me with bitterness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.
















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