Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He will not allow me to {catch} my breath; rather, he will fill me with bitterness.
New American Standard Bible
But saturates me with
King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
Holman Bible
but soaks me with bitter experiences.
International Standard Version
He won't let me catch my breath; instead, he fills me with bitterness.
A Conservative Version
He will not allow 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.
Amplified
“He will not allow me to catch my breath,
But fills and saturates me with bitterness.
Bible in Basic English
He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.
Darby Translation
He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
Julia Smith Translation
He will not give me to draw in my spirit, for he will fill me with bitterness.
King James 2000
He will not permit me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Modern King James verseion
who will not allow me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He will not let my spirit be in rest, but filleth me with bitterness.
NET Bible
He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.
New Heart English Bible
He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
The Emphasized Bible
He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.
Webster
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
World English Bible
He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Youngs Literal Translation
He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
17 who crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause. 18 He will not allow me to {catch} my breath; rather, he will fill me with bitterness. 19 If {it is a matter of} strength, look, [he is] mighty. But if {it is a matter of} justice, who can summon me?
Names
Cross References
Job 7:19
{How long} will you not turn away from me? [Or] not leave me alone until I swallow my spit?
Job 3:20
"Why does he give light to one in misery and life to [those] bitter of soul,
Job 27:2
"{As God lives}, he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.
Psalm 39:13
Look [away] from me that I may be cheerful, before I depart and I am no more.
Psalm 88:7
Your wrath presses upon me, and you afflict [me with] all your waves. Selah
Psalm 88:15-18
I [am] afflicted and perishing from [my] youth. I bear your terrors. I am distraught.
Lamentations 3:3
Surely he has turned his hand against me, all day long.
Lamentations 3:15
He has filled me with bitterness, he has drenched me [with] wormwood.
Lamentations 3:18-19
And I have said, "My glory is ruined, my expectation from Yahweh."
Hebrews 12:11
Now all discipline seems for the moment not to be joyful but painful, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who are trained by it.