Job 9:27
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Job 9:27 in other translations
| BSB | If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’ |
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| WEB | If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’ |
| ASV | If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer; |
| YLT | Though I say, ‘I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!' |
| DARBY | If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance, and brighten up, |
| BBE | If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright; |
| Webster | If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: |
What does Job 9:27 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 9:25-35
What little need have we of pastimes, and what great need to redeem time, when it runs on so fast towards eternity! How vain the enjoyments of time, which we may quite lose while yet time continues! The remembrance of having done our duty will be pleasing afterwards; so will not the remembrance of having got worldly wealth, when it is all lost and gone. Job's complaint of God, as one that could not be appeased and…
Job 9:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 9:27
- Job 7:13
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
- Psalms 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. I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
- Job 7:11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Jeremiah 8:18
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
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Context
- Job 9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
- Job 9:27
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
- Job 9:28
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Job 9:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si digo: Olvidaré mi queja, dejaré mi aburrimiento, y esforzaréme: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si je dis: J’oublierai ma plainte, je renoncerai à mon visage morne et je serai joyeux, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn ich sage: Ich will meine Klage vergessen, will mein Angesicht glätten und mich erheitern, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum dixero: Nequaquam ita loquar: commuto faciem meam, et dolore torqueor. |