Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

He feels only his own pain, and grieves only for himself."

New American Standard Bible

“But his body pains him,
And he mourns only for himself.”

King James Version

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

Holman Bible

He feels only the pain of his own body
and mourns only for himself.

A Conservative Version

But his flesh upon him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.

American Standard Version

But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.

Amplified


“But his body [lamenting its decay] grieves in pain over it,
And his soul mourns over [the loss of] himself.”

Bible in Basic English

Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.

Darby Translation

But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.

Julia Smith Translation

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul upon him shall mourn.

King James 2000

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He feels only the pain of his own body, and his inner self mourns for him."

Modern King James verseion

But his flesh is pained within him; and his soul mourns over him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

While he liveth, his flesh must have travail: And while the soul is in him, he must be in sorrow."

NET Bible

Only his flesh has pain for himself, and he mourns for himself."

New Heart English Bible

But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns."

The Emphasized Bible

But, his flesh, for himself, is in pain, and, his soul, for himself, doth mourn.

Webster

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

World English Bible

But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns."

Youngs Literal Translation

Only -- his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But his flesh
בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270

כּאב 
Ka'ab 
Usage: 8

and his soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

References

American

Context Readings

Job Continues To Argue His Case With God

21 "If his children are honored, he doesn't know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives it. 22 He feels only his own pain, and grieves only for himself."



Cross References

Job 19:20

I'm a pile of skin and bones; I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth."

Job 19:22

Why are you chasing me, as God has been doing? Aren't you satisfied that I'm sick?

Job 19:26

Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God,

Job 33:19-21

"He is being reproved by painful bed rest, with continual aching in his bones.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.

Luke 16:23-24

In the afterlife, where he was in constant torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus by his side.

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