Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

New American Standard Bible

So that his life loathes bread,
And his soul favorite food.

King James Version

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

Holman Bible

so that he detests bread,
and his soul despises his favorite food.

International Standard Version

He cannot stand his food, and he has no desire for appetizing food.

A Conservative Version

so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

American Standard Version

So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

Amplified


So that his life makes him loathe food,
And his soul [loathe] even his favorite dishes.

Bible in Basic English

He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;

Darby Translation

And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;

Julia Smith Translation

His life loathed bread, and his soul food of desire.

King James 2000

So that his life abhors bread, and his soul the choicest food.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{so that} his life loathes bread, and his inner self [loathes] {appetizing food}.

Modern King James verseion

so that his life is sick of bread, and his soul desirable food.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

so that his life may away with no bread, and his soul abhorreth to eat any dainty meat:

NET Bible

so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.

New Heart English Bible

So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

The Emphasized Bible

So that his life maketh loathsome his food, and his soul, dainty meat;

Webster

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food.

World English Bible

So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

זהם 
Zaham 
Usage: 1

and his soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

תּאוה 
Ta'avah 
Usage: 20

References

Hastings

Job

Context Readings

Elihu Rebukes Job

19 And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones is enduring. 20 And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food. 21 His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

And the woman seeth that the tree is good for food, and that it is pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make one wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

Job 3:24

For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters are my roarings.

Psalm 107:17-18

Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.

Jeremiah 3:19

And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father -- ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back.

Amos 5:11

Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

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