Cross References I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you. Job 9:27 If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow. Job 9:28 I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender. Job 16:5 I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you. my grief Job 10:1 My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. Psalm 77:1-9 Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of Asaph. [2] I cried to the Lord with my voice; to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me. . . . Psalm 88:15-18 I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled. . . . what am I eased. Context Job Decries his Comforters…5I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you. 6I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you.7But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.… Lexicon Even ifאִֽם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not I speak, אֲ֭דַבְּרָה (’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue my pain כְּאֵבִ֑י (kə·’ê·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3511: Suffering, adversity is not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no relieved, יֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְ (yê·ḥā·śêḵ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2820: To restrain, refrain, to refuse, spare, preserve, to observe and if I hold back, וְ֝אַחְדְּלָ֗ה (wə·’aḥ·də·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle how מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what will it go away? יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃ (ya·hă·lōḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk Additional Translations Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased? And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips. If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased? Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? "Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased? If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease -- what goeth from me? Jump to Previous Assuaged Cease Eased Forbear Goes Grief Hold Mind Pain Quiet Refrain Relieved Restrained Speak SubsidedJump to Next Assuaged Cease Eased Forbear Goes Grief Hold Mind Pain Quiet Refrain Relieved Restrained Speak SubsidedExternal Links Job 16:6 NIVJob 16:6 NLT Job 16:6 ESV Job 16:6 NASB Job 16:6 ASV Job 16:6 Bible Apps Job 16:6 Biblia Paralela Job 16:6 Chinese Bible Job 16:6 French Bible Job 16:6 German Bible Alphabetical: and away back does go has hold I if is it left lessened me my not pain refrain relieved speak what Yet OT Poetry: Job 16:6 Though I speak my grief is not (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |